February 3 @ 7:00 pm
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In-Person: An Evening with Patricia Engel & Dwyer Murphy discussing The Faraway World
Books & Books and Miami Book Fair presents…
AN EVENING WITH PATRICIA ENGEL
in conversation with
Dwyer Murphy
discussing
The Faraway World: A Novel
(Avid Reader Press, $26)
Friday, February 3rd, 7:00 PM
LIVE & IN-PERSON at Books & Books, Coral Gables
Signing to follow the conversation
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Books & Books is honored to present an evening with New York Times bestseller, Patricia Engel to discuss her new novel: The Faraway World, an exquisite collection of ten haunting, award-winning short stories set across the Americas and linked by themes of migration, sacrifice, and moral compromise.
***Please note: This event will take place at the Books & Books in Coral Gables at 265 Aragon Ave. This conversation is free and open to the public.
About the Book:
About the Book:Two Colombian expats meet as strangers on the rainy streets of New York City, both burdened with traumatic pasts. In Cuba, a woman discovers her deceased brother’s bones have been stolen, and the love of her life returns from Ecuador for a one-night visit. A cash-strapped couple hustles in Miami, to life-altering ends.
The Faraway World is a collection of arresting stories from the New York Times bestselling author of Infinite Country, Patricia Engel, “a gifted storyteller whose writing shines even in the darkest corners” (The Washington Post). Intimate and panoramic, these stories bring to life the liminality of regret, the vibrancy of community, and the epic deeds and quiet moments of love.
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About the Author:
Patricia Engel is the author of Infinite Country, a New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club selection; The Veins of the Ocean, winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; It’s Not Love, It’s Just Paris, winner of the International Latino Book Award; and Vida, a finalist for the Pen/Hemingway and Young Lions Fiction Awards, New York Times Notable Book, and winner of Colombia’s national book award, the Premio Biblioteca de Narrativa Colombiana. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her stories appear in The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Mystery Stories, The O. Henry Prize Stories, and elsewhere. Born to Colombian parents, and herself a dual citizen, Patricia is an associate professor of creative writing at the University of Miami.
About the Moderator:
Dwyer Murphy is the author of The Stolen Coast (2023), An Honest Living, a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection, and the editor-in-chief of CrimeReads, Literary Hub’s crime fiction vertical and the world’s most popular destination for thriller readers. He practiced law at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City, where he was a litigator, and served as editor of the Columbia Law Review. He was previously an Emerging Writer Fellow at the Center for Fiction. |