Fresh, accomplished, and fearless, Vida marks the debut of Patricia Engel, a young author of immense talent and promise.
Vida follows a single narrator, Sabina, as she navigates her shifting identity as a daughter of the Colombian diaspora and...
Patricia Engel's collection of stories, Vida, quickly established her as one of our country's best young writers, winning praise from Junot Diaz, Uzodinma Iweala, Francisco Goldman, and others. Her first novel is a vibrant and wistful narrative...
“Engel has an eye for detail. She knows how to drown the reader in a sense of enchantment… She writes exquisite moments.”—Roxane Gay, The Nation
Reina Castillo is the alluring young woman whose beloved brother is serving a death sentence...