The Resource In the country : stories, Mia Alvar
In the country : stories, Mia Alvar
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The item In the country : stories, Mia Alvar represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "A powerful, globe-trotting debut short-story collection from an exciting new writer--vivid, character-driven stories about Filipinos from every walk of life. Mia Alvar's stunning debut gives us a vivid, insightful 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. One man smuggles drugs from his pharmacy in New York to Manila for his ailing father, only to discover an alarming truth about his mother. A woman living in Bahrain faces a challenge that compels her to question her marriage. A college student in Manila struggling to write fiction knows that her brother, who has gone abroad to make money, is the one living a life that stories are made of. The novella-length title story follows the unexpected fates of a journalist and a nurse during the 1970s labor strikes in Manila. Exploring the universal experience 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 home"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 347 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780385352819
- Label
- In the country : stories
- Title
- In the country
- Title remainder
- stories
- Statement of responsibility
- Mia Alvar
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A powerful, globe-trotting debut short-story collection from an exciting new writer--vivid, character-driven stories about Filipinos from every walk of life. Mia Alvar's stunning debut gives us a vivid, insightful 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. One man smuggles drugs from his pharmacy in New York to Manila for his ailing father, only to discover an alarming truth about his mother. A woman living in Bahrain faces a challenge that compels her to question her marriage. A college student in Manila struggling to write fiction knows that her brother, who has gone abroad to make money, is the one living a life that stories are made of. The novella-length title story follows the unexpected fates of a journalist and a nurse during the 1970s labor strikes in Manila. Exploring the universal experience 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 home"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1978-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alvar, Mia
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3601.L863
- LC item number
- A6 2015
- Literary form
- short stories
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Filipinos
- FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
- FICTION / Cultural Heritage
- FICTION / Literary
- Label
- In the country : stories, Mia Alvar
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1601677
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 347 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385352819
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014036940
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1601677
- (OCoLC)891324469
- Label
- In the country : stories, Mia Alvar
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1601677
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 347 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385352819
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014036940
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1601677
- (OCoLC)891324469
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