Livre en langue étrangère


Infinite country


Patricia Engel. Auteur

Edité par Simon & Schuster - paru en 2022




Talia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Colombia after committing an impulsive act of violence that may or may not have been warranted. She urgently needs to get out and get back home to Bogotá, where her father and a plane ticket to the United States are waiting for her. If she misses her flight, she might also miss her chance to finally be reunited with her family in the north. How this family came to occupy two different countries, two different worlds, comes into focus like twists of a kaleidoscope. We see Talia's parents, Mauro and Elena, fall in love in a market stall as teenagers against a backdrop of civil war and social unrest. We see them leave Bogotá with their firstborn, Karina, in pursuit of safety and opportunity in the United States on a temporary visa, and we see the births of two more children, Nando and Talia, on American soil. We witness the decisions and indecisions that lead to Mauro's deportation and the family's splintering--the costs they've all been living with ever since.

Vérification des exemplaires disponibles ...

Se procurer le document

Vérification des exemplaires disponibles ...

Suggestions

Du même auteur

Vida | Patricia Engel. Auteur
Livre

Vida

Patricia Engel. Auteur - A. Carrière - impr. 2011

Sabina appartient à la diaspora colombienne aux Etats-Unis. Elle lutte pour se trouver une...

Les veines de l'océan | Patricia Engel. Auteur
Livre

Les veines de l'océan

Patricia Engel. Auteur - Flammarion - DL 2017

La vie est sombre pour Reina Castillo, colombienne exilée en Floride qui vient de perdre s...

Pays infini : roman | Patricia Engel. Auteur
Livre

Pays infini : roman

Patricia Engel. Auteur - JC Lattès - DL 2023

A l'aube des années 2000, Elena et Mauro vivent dans une Colombie dévastée par un demi-siè...

Chargement des enrichissements...