Day of All Saints (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781881163626)

Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Mart n 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 fianc visa. Days before their wedding, however, Abby goes missing, and on a Halloween afternoon Mart n embarks on a search that leads from the ghost- strewn yards of Chicago's North Side to the Lincoln Park Conservatory--and 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.

Author: Patricia Grace King
ISBN-10: 1881163628
ISBN-13: 9781881163626
Publisher: Miami University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2017
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.50w x 0.30d