EAN: 9780593850565

IN THE DISTANCE - HERNAN DIAZ KARTONIERT (TB)

FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE  FINALIST FOR THE PEN FAULKNER AWARD WINNER OF THE WHITING
AWARD WINNER OF THE SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING WINNTER OF THE VCU CABELL FIRST
NOVELIST AWARD WINNER OF THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY TOP 10 BOOK OF THE
YEAR  The first novel by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Trust   an exquisite and
blisteringly intelligent story of a young Swedish boy  separated from his brother  who becomes
a legend and an outlaw  A young Swedish immigrant finds himself penniless and alone in
California. The boy travels east in search of his brother  moving on foot against the great
current of emigrants pushing west. Driven back again and again  he meets criminals  naturalists
religious fanatics  swindlers  American Indians  and lawmen  and his exploits turn him into a
legend. Diaz defies the conventions of historical fiction and genre  offering a probing look at
the stereotypes that populate our past and a portrait of radical foreignness.

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