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_bA6 2015
082 1 _aFIC ALV
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100 1 _aAlvar, Mia
_d(1978 -)
245 1 0 _aIn the country :
_bstories
_c/ Mia Alvar
260 _aNew York
_b: Vintage Books
_c, 2015
300 _a347 p.
_c; 21 cm
505 0 _aThe 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.
520 _aMia 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.
650 4 _aShort stories, American
650 4 _aFilipinos
_v--Fiction
942 _cMO
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_d263570