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In the country : stories / Mia Alvar

By:

Alvar, Mia, (1978 -)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books , 2015Description: 347 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780804171496

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

FIC ALV

LOC classification:

PS3601.L863 A6 2015

Contents:

The kontrabida -- The miracle worker -- Legends of the white lady -- Shadow families -- The Virgin of Monte Ramon -- Esmeralda -- Old girl -- A contract overseas -- In the country.

Summary: Mia Alvar's debut gives us a vivid picture of the Filipino diaspora: exiles and emigrants and wanderers uprooting their families to begin new lives in the Middle East and America - and, sometimes, turning back.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC ALV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		065288

The kontrabida -- The miracle worker -- Legends of the white lady -- Shadow families -- The Virgin of Monte Ramon -- Esmeralda -- Old girl -- A contract overseas -- In the country.

Mia Alvar's debut gives us a vivid picture of the Filipino diaspora: exiles and emigrants and wanderers uprooting their families to begin new lives in the Middle East and America - and, sometimes, turning back.

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