{"product_id":"a-desert-between-two-seas-a-novel-in-stories-paperback","title":"A Desert Between Two Seas: A Novel in Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. Muia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the crumbling Spanish missions of nineteenth-century Baja California, this mythic novel in linked stories follows two grief-stricken people as haunted as the desolate chapels around them: a priest who caused the drowning of a native boy by compelling him to fish for pearls, and a deaf woman trying to outrun her murderous reputation as a pistolera. Though the stories span landscapes, villages, characters, and decades, the heart of the novel is Baja California itself--a stark land of cactus and creosote, of russet canyons and splintered wastes of rock--where people living in the shadow of ruined missions seek redemption on an inhospitable peninsula forsaken even by its priests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. MUIA is the winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for her novel in linked stories\u003ci\u003e, A Desert Between Two Seas. \u003c\/i\u003eHer stories and articles have appeared in numerous literary journals around the United States, and her work has been anthologized in\u003ci\u003e The Orison Anthology \u003c\/i\u003eand nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is a frequent speaker and workshop facilitator, leading writing workshops in juvenile detention through the nonprofit Underground Writing. Find her online at www.amuia.net.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51889259512096,"sku":"9780820374383","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6s5UJmDsKj9780820374383.webp?v=1781930331","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-desert-between-two-seas-a-novel-in-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}