Luisa Cantu is a girl from a Sierra Madre mountain village. After being impregnated in a fertility ritual of ancient ofigin, she leaves Mexico to work in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas as a housemaid for Mrs. Eddie Hatch, a woman with a strong will and a narrow worldview. Their complex relationship-
The River Beyond the World: A Novel
โ Scribed by Peery, Janet; Kim, Songhee
- Book ID
- 109205813
- Publisher
- Picador
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 200 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781250083791
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โฆ Synopsis
Luisa Cantu is a girl from a Sierra Madre mountain village. After being impregnated in a fertility ritual of ancient ofigin, she leaves Mexico to work in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas as a housemaid for Mrs. Eddie Hatch, a woman with a strong will and a narrow worldview. Their complex relationship-by turns mystical and pragmnatic, serious and comic-reveals the many ways human beings can wound one another, the nautre of love and sacrifice, and the possibility of forgiveness.
The River Beyond the World is a 1996 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.
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