{"product_id":"vida-9780802170781","title":"Vida","description":"Fresh, accomplished, and fearless, \u003ci\u003eVida\u003c\/i\u003e marks the debut of Patricia Engel, a young author of immense talent and promise. \u003ci\u003eVida\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatricia 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, \u003ci\u003eVida\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a sensational new literary voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press, Black Cat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802170781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.34h x 5.00w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards - Silver Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Florida Book Award - Silver Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Hemingway Foundation\/PEN Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/05\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/10\/2010 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/17\/2010 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/2010 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Patricia Engel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643467264156,"sku":"9780802170781","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0f71baf9-441b-44f3-b65f-5f44b709549c.jpg?v=1603856675","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/vida-9780802170781","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}