Patricia Engel (1)
Autore di Infinite Country
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Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 20th century
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New Jersey, USA
Miami, Florida, USA - Istruzione
- New York University (Bx)
Florida International University (MFA) - Attività lavorative
- professor
- Organizzazioni
- University of Miami
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- John Dos Passos Prize (2023)
- Breve biografia
- Born to Colombian parents and raised in New Jersey, Patricia is a graduate of New York University and earned her MFA at Florida International University. She currently teaches at the University of Miami.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 6
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 1,072
- Popolarità
- #23,987
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 53
- ISBN
- 50
- Lingue
- 5
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This is a story of myth, of legend. It’s actually several stories that move between borders and across countries through oral tradition and documenting experiences. It’s a collection of stories about love and the sacrifices we make for those we love; it’s about atonement and what we’re willing to do to feel worthy; it’s about belonging and the journey we take to find home. I love the journey of this family—a beautiful mosaic of snapshots pieced together from their individual experiences. In an ebb and flow between two countries and between different time periods, the full picture of this family emerges. And it’s a beautiful picture.
I loved getting to know each member of this family, and while I really love how each member of the family offers a slightly different perspective of the immigrant experience, Mauro and Talia, the two who stay in Columbia for fifteen years, are my favorites. From the beginning, my heart ached for Mauro, abandoned and neglected from an early age. His struggle for something better than what he’d been given but doesn’t feel he deserves had me rooting for him and his American dream early on. I love his love for Elena and his family and the work he goes through battling his demons of alcoholism and abandonment in order to be the man his family deserves. I love Talia and her strength and compassion. She is fierce and loyal, which is apparent in her caring for her dying grandmother and her trek across Columbia after her escape from a girl’s prison. I also really love the relationship she has with her father and how she rescues her father even while she’s just a baby.
Mostly, what I love about this book is that it is a story of a family, a family who endures and sacrifices in order to be together—no matter the cost.
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