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Vida — Patricia Engel
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Published:
Sep-2010 -
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Main Genre:
General Fiction -
Time Period:
Contemporary -
Pages:
182 -
Age Level:
12-17 -
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Fresh, accomplished, and fearless, Vida marks the debut of Patricia Engel, a young author of immense talent and promise. Vida follows a single narrator, Sabina, as she navigates her shifting identity as a daughter of the Colombian diaspora and struggles to find her place within and beyond the net of her strong, protective, but embattled family.
In �"Lucho,” Sabina's family� -- already �"foreigners in a town of blancos”� -- is shunned by the community when a relative commits an unspeakable act of violence, but she is in turn befriended by the town bad boy who has a secret of his own; in �"Desaliento,” Sabina surrounds herself with other young drifters who spend their time looking for love and then fleeing from it� -- until reality catches up with one of them; and in �"Vida,” the urgency of Sabina's self-imposed exile in Miami fades when she meets an enigmatic Colombian woman with a tragic past.
Patricia Engel maps landscapes both actual and interior in this stunning debut, and the constant throughout is Sabina� -- serious, witty, alternately cautious and reckless, open to transformation yet skeptical of its lasting power. Infused by a hard-won, edgy wisdom, Vida introduces a sensational new literary voice.
In �"Lucho,” Sabina's family� -- already �"foreigners in a town of blancos”� -- is shunned by the community when a relative commits an unspeakable act of violence, but she is in turn befriended by the town bad boy who has a secret of his own; in �"Desaliento,” Sabina surrounds herself with other young drifters who spend their time looking for love and then fleeing from it� -- until reality catches up with one of them; and in �"Vida,” the urgency of Sabina's self-imposed exile in Miami fades when she meets an enigmatic Colombian woman with a tragic past.
Patricia Engel maps landscapes both actual and interior in this stunning debut, and the constant throughout is Sabina� -- serious, witty, alternately cautious and reckless, open to transformation yet skeptical of its lasting power. Infused by a hard-won, edgy wisdom, Vida introduces a sensational new literary voice.
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