A review by miriamrose
In the Distance by Hernan Diaz

4.75

a physically and emotionally sweeping odyssey that follows the life of an immigrant relentlessly isolated and pushing against the brutal force of western expansion. bleak, brutal and violent but with the most compelling prose and vivid characters i’ve read in a long time. i was completely absorbed 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Rape