Day of All Saints |
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| Author:
| King, Patricia Grace |
| ISBN: | 978-1-881163-62-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2017 |
| Publisher: | Miami University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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Martín Silva de Choc, childhood survivor of an army massacre during the Guatemalan civil war, and now a language-school teacher in Guatemala City, falls in love with his American student, Abby, and follows her home to Chicago on a fiancé visa. Days before their wedding, however, Abby goes missing, and on a Halloween afternoon Martîn embarks on a search that leads from the ghost-strewn yards of Chicagos North Side to the Lincoln Park Conservatoryand ultimately back to his violent past....
More DescriptionMartín Silva de Choc, childhood survivor of an army massacre during the Guatemalan civil war, and now a language-school teacher in Guatemala City, falls in love with his American student, Abby, and follows her home to Chicago on a fiancé visa. Days before their wedding, however, Abby goes missing, and on a Halloween afternoon Martîn embarks on a search that leads from the ghost-strewn yards of Chicagos North Side to the Lincoln Park Conservatoryand ultimately back to his violent past. A story about repressed secrets and the limits of love, Day of All Saints traces the effects of historical trauma on individual lives.