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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Mia Alvar
In The Country
N/A
2015
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Publisher > Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Author > Mia Alvar
Title > In The Country
Issue > N/A
Year > 2015
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ISBN > 9780385352840
Pages > 368
Genre > Fiction Literature Short-Stories
Language > English
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Type > RETAIL
Media > BOOK
Format > .epub
Section > eBook
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Published > 2015-06
Release > 2026-10-22
Disks > 02 x 5 MB
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In these nine globetrotting tales Mia Alvar gives voice to the women and
men of the Philippines and its diasporaA Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book
of the CenturyFrom teachers to housemaids from mothers to sons Alvars
stories explore the universal experiences of loss displacement and the
longing to connect across borders both real and imagined In the Country
speaks to the heart of everyone who has ever searched for a place to call
homeand marks the arrival of a formidable new voice in literature
- - -- [ R E T A I L U R L ] -- - -
https://bookshop.org/p/books/in-the-country-stories-mia-
alvar/bce57aa89815b187
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