In the distance
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"A young Swedish boy finds himself penniless and alone in California. He travels East in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great push to the West. Driven back over and over again on his journey through vast expanses, Håkan meets naturalists, criminals, religious fanatics, Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Diaz defies the conventions of historical fiction and genre (travel narratives, the bildungsroman, nature writing, the Western), offering a probing look at the stereotypes that populate our past and a portrait of radical foreignness. At first, it was a contest, but in time the beasts understood that, with an embrace and the slightest push, they had to lie down on their side and stay until Håkan got up. He did this each time he thought he spied someone on the circular horizon. Had Håkan and his animals ever been spotted, the distant travelers would have taken the vanishing silhouettes for a mirage. But there were no such travelers-the moving shadows he saw almost every day in the distance were illusions. With the double intention of getting away from the trail and the cold, he had traveled south for days. Hernan Diaz is the author of Borges, Between History and Eternity (Bloomsbury 2012), managing editor of RHM, and associate director of the Hispanic Institute at Columbia University. He lives in New York"--
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Adventure fiction
Audiobooks
Electronic books
Families
Families -- Fiction
Fiction
Frontier and pioneer life
Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Male immigrants
Male immigrants -- United States -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Psychological fiction -- Fiction
Sagas
Sagas -- Fiction
Siblings
Siblings -- Fiction
Survivors
Survivors -- Fiction
Swedes
Swedes -- United States -- Fiction
Western fiction
Western stories
Audiobooks
Electronic books
Families
Families -- Fiction
Fiction
Frontier and pioneer life
Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Male immigrants
Male immigrants -- United States -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Psychological fiction -- Fiction
Sagas
Sagas -- Fiction
Siblings
Siblings -- Fiction
Survivors
Survivors -- Fiction
Swedes
Swedes -- United States -- Fiction
Western fiction
Western stories
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9781566894883
9781566894975
9781681687384
9781681687391
9781566894975
9781681687384
9781681687391
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Last Indexed | 2024-04-23 12:35:04PM |
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"A young Swedish boy finds himself penniless and alone in California. He travels East in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great push to the West. Driven back over and over again on his journey through vast expanses, Håkan meets naturalists, criminals, religious fanatics, Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Diaz defies the conventions of historical fiction and genre (travel narratives, the bildungsroman, nature writing, the Western), offering a probing look at the stereotypes that populate our past and a portrait of radical foreignness. At first, it was a contest, but in time the beasts understood that, with an embrace and the slightest push, they had to lie down on their side and stay until Håkan got up. He did this each time he thought he spied someone on the circular horizon. Had Håkan and his animals ever been spotted, the distant travelers would have taken the vanishing silhouettes for a mirage. But there were no such travelers-the moving shadows he saw almost every day in the distance were illusions. With the double intention of getting away from the trail and the cold, he had traveled south for days. Hernan Diaz is the author of Borges, Between History and Eternity (Bloomsbury 2012), managing editor of RHM, and associate director of the Hispanic Institute at Columbia University. He lives in New York"--
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Literature -- Fiction
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Psychological fiction
Psychological fiction -- Fiction
Sagas -- Fiction
Siblings -- Fiction
Survivors -- Fiction
Swedes -- United States -- Fiction
Western fiction
Western stories
Audiobooks
Electronic books
Families -- Fiction
Fiction
Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction
Literature -- Fiction
Male immigrants -- United States -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Psychological fiction -- Fiction
Sagas -- Fiction
Siblings -- Fiction
Survivors -- Fiction
Swedes -- United States -- Fiction
Western fiction
Western stories
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In the distance
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In the Distance [electronic resource] / Hernan Diaz
In the distance / Hernan Diaz
In the distance / Hernan Diaz
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In the distance
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Literature
Male immigrants
Psychological fiction
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