Vida

by Patricia Engel

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802170781
• ISBN13: 9780802170781
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.3"