{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatricia Engel's debut, \u003ci\u003eVida\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year, a finalist for the PEN\/Hemingway Fiction Award, Young Lions Fiction Award, winner of a Florida Book Award and Independent Publisher Book Award, and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Barnes \u0026amp; Noble, and\u003ci\u003e L.A. Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. Her award-winning fiction has appeared in\u003ci\u003e A Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Born to Colombian parents and raised in New Jersey, she is a graduate of New York University and earned her MFA at Florida International University. Patricia lives in Miami. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003epatriciaengel.com\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press, Black Cat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461126721810,"sku":"9780802170781","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1c6aa2b4-4b01-4110-ba73-4b96e86aa5d6.jpg?v=1730057709","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/vida-9780802170781","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}