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The Woman Who Lost Her Soul

The Woman Who Lost Her Soul( )
Author: Shacochis, Bob
ISBN:978-0-8021-9309-4
Publication Date:Sep 2013
Publisher:Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Imprint:Atlantic Monthly Press
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $2.99
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Renowned through four award-winning books for his gritty and revelatory visions of the Caribbean, Bob Shacochis returns to occupied Haiti in The Woman Who Lost Her Soul before sweeping across time and continents to unravel tangled knots of romance, espionage, and vengeance. In riveting prose, Shacochis builds a complex and disturbing story about the coming of age of America in a pre-9/11 world. Set over fifty years and in four countries backdropped by different wars, The Woman Who...
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Shacochis, Bob (Author)
Bob Shacochis is an American author and journalist. He was born in Pennsylvania on September 9, 1951, and grew up in McLean Virginia. He was educated at the University of Missouri, and the Iowa Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa. He currently teaches creative writing at Florida State University.

Shacochis's first collection of stories, <i>Easy in the Islands</i> won the National Book Award for first work of fiction. His second collection, <i>The Next New World</i> was awarded the Prix de Rome from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His novel, <i>Swimming in the Volcano</i> was a finalist for the 1993 National Book Award. Shacochis has been a contributing editor for Outside and Harper's, and has been a columnist and writer for several national publications, including GQ magazine.

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