{"product_id":"the-veins-of-the-ocean-paperback","title":"The Veins of the Ocean - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Engel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year, A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice and a finalist for the International Latino Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Lush and entrancing, steeped in love and sorrow, faith and myth. . . Patricia Engel is a gorgeous writer and I love the confidence of her prose. She knows the story she is telling, inside and out. She knows the story and its unfathomable depths and so that's how we experience reading this novel--fully, deeply, like an ocean.\" --Roxane Gay for Book of the Month Club \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFrom award-winning author, Patricia Engel, \u003ci\u003eThe Veins of the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e is the profound and riveting story of a young woman's journey away from her family's painful past towards redemption and a freer future. Set in the vibrant coastal communities of Miami, the Florida Keys, Havana, and Cartagena, \u003ci\u003eThe Veins of the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e is a wrenching exploration of what happens when life tests the limits of compassion, and a stunning and unforgettable portrait of fractured lives finding solace in the beauty and power of the natural world, and in one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\" A] profound, daring venture . . .  Engel is] a unique and necessary voice for the Americas . . . the book is a great pleasure to read, even while it's breaking your heart.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sumptuous . . . This is a writer who understands that exile can be as much an emotional state as a geographical one . . . to immerse oneself in Engel's prose is to surrender to a seductive embrace, a hypnotic beauty that mingles submersion with submission.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Engel\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eVida\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the PEN\/Hemingway Fiction Award and Young Lions Fiction Award, and the acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eIt's Not Love, It's Just Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the International Latino Book Award. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications and anthologies, and received numerous awards including a 2014 fellowship in literature from the National Endowment for the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757485883680,"sku":"9780802126740","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e12cf7f8bbd097cef4c1bd5aa4d18f68.webp?v=1780104275","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-veins-of-the-ocean-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}