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Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
“What was it about this country that kept everyone hostage to its fantasy?” Infinite Country shares much in common with two of other novels by Patricia Engel, The Veins of the Ocean and Vida. While I do enjoy certain aspects of her storytelling—which at times reminds me of authors such as Alice Hoffman and Isabel…
3 STARS, Adult, America, American, American dream, Colombia, Colombian American author, Contemporary, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), family, female authors, FOLKLORE, heavy on telling, Infinite Country, latin america, latin american, latinx author, MARRIAGE, migration/immigration, motherhood, mothers & daughters, netgalley, Patricia Engel, published in 2021, rape, read in 2020, road trip, sexual assault/abuse/rape, social issues -
The Veins of the Ocean by Patricia Engel
“I want to be forgotten. I want it to feel as if I’ve never existed. I want to be a stranger. Rootless.” A few days before reading The Veins of the Ocean I read, and enjoyed reading, Patricia Engel’s Vida, a collection of short stories centred on a Colombian-American woman. I was intrigued by…
1st pov, 3 STARS, Adult, America, Caribbean, Colombia, Colombian American author, Cuba, DEATH, family, female authors, heavy on telling, introspective, ISLAND, latin america, latin american, latinx author, LITERARY FICTION, Miami, migration/immigration, Patricia Engel, prison, PUBLISHED IN 2017, read in 2020, ROMANCE, siblings, social issues, The Veins of the Ocean, trauma, zoos -
Vida by Patricia Engel
“I lay in the darkness, the song of Bogotá humming several stories below the window.” Patricia Engel’s Vida is a collection of nine short stories centred around the Sabina, daughter of Colombian parents, who grows up in the suburbs of New Jersey. Each chapter reads like a self-contained story, capturing a particular phase or…
2000s, 3 STARS, Adult, America, American, CHILDHOOD, collection of short stories, Colombia, Colombian American author, coming of age, Contemporary, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), female authors, girlhood, growing up, identity, interconnected stories, latin america, latin american, latinx author, migration/immigration, Patricia Engel, read in 2020, social issues, toxic relationships, Vida
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