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dphilton 's review for:
Infinite Country
by Patricia Engel
I listened to the audio version of this brilliant little book and I was swept away, swept into Columbia, into New York, across the border, into separation, deportation, birth, longing, trauma, across generations, and back again.
Elena and Mauro fall in love as Columbia falls to pieces and only their daughter Talia, on the run after escaping a girl's correctional facility, can knit the years and the family back together.
Author Patricia Engel's writing is exquisite, mostly spare but on point with just the right descriptions when capturing emotion and, well, infinite country. To wit, "I felt a river current, a serpentine wind, an artery of lightning pass through my parents and through me. I already felt the moment become eternal." Also, I love the Andean mythology Engel weaves in.
There is one moment in which Engel breaks the fourth wall that kind of temporarily broke the narrative spell.
Still, this is a beautiful book. Strongly recommended.
Elena and Mauro fall in love as Columbia falls to pieces and only their daughter Talia, on the run after escaping a girl's correctional facility, can knit the years and the family back together.
Author Patricia Engel's writing is exquisite, mostly spare but on point with just the right descriptions when capturing emotion and, well, infinite country. To wit, "I felt a river current, a serpentine wind, an artery of lightning pass through my parents and through me. I already felt the moment become eternal." Also, I love the Andean mythology Engel weaves in.
There is one moment in which Engel breaks the fourth wall that kind of temporarily broke the narrative spell.
Still, this is a beautiful book. Strongly recommended.