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A Far Country
by Daniel Mason

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From the best-selling author of The Piano Tuner, a stunning new novel about a young girl's journey through a vast, unnamed country in search of her brother.

Raised in a remote village on the edge of a sugarcane plantation, fourteen-year-old Isabel was born with the gift and curse of "seeing farther." When drought and war grip the backlands, her brother Isaias joins a great exodus to a teeming city in the south. Soon Isabel must follow, forsaking the only home she's ever known, her sole consolation the thought of being with her brother again. But when she arrives, she discovers that Isaias has disappeared. Weeks and then months pass, until one day, armed only with her unshakable hope, she descends into the chaos of the city to find him.

Told with astonishing empathy, and strikingly visual, the story of Isabel's quest — her dignity and determination, her deeply spiritual world — is a universal tale about the bonds of family and a sister's love for her brother, about journeys and longing, survival and true heroism.

A tour de force of great emotional and narrative power.

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"[An] intriguing parable...fascinating...disturbingly enigmatic....Mason keeps the reader off guard and guessing, and...there's a terrific payoff — a riveting climactic scene." Kirkus Reviews

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"Mason invests his story with all the power of a fable, one that gives Isabel's personal bravery its due while also relaying the timelessness of human suffering." Booklist

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From the bestselling author of The Piano Tuner comes a haunting new story, set in an unnamed country, about a young girl's journey in search of her brother. Told with extraordinary empathy, the story becomes a universal tale about the bonds of family.

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Throughout their childhood in the dusty cane fields of Saint Michael, Isabel and her older brother Isaias have been inseparable. Life is simple, and for Isabel, happiness is playing by the empty fountain in the village square, or listening to Isaias playing the fiddle. But when Isaias runs away to become a musician, promising to return, Isabel's life changes irrevocably. With scorching droughts setting in and the threat of starvation looming over the villagers, Isabel's parents are forced to send her to the Capital, the glamorous and exotic city in the south. However, the city is not the land of plenty they had believed it to be, leaving her no choice but to make a home for herself in the sprawling slums.
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Laurie Blum, April 13, 2008 (view all comments by Laurie Blum)
Although I did not enjoy Daniel Mason's "A Far Country" as much as "The Piano Turner," I can recommend this unique novel set in an unamed part of South America.
I cheered main character Isabel in her adventurous haunting search for her beloved older brother, Isaias. The book is written in beautiful prose & is quite a different story of family bonding.
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dancerxfashion, March 2, 2008 (view all comments by dancerxfashion)
I had to read this book for a U.S History book report and i just recently finished last week, I enjoyed this book and it really challenged my vocabulary and my imagination. I would most definatley recommend this book to anyone.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780375414664
Author:
Mason, Daniel
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf
Author:
Mason, Daniel
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Brothers and sisters
Subject:
Teenage girls
Copyright:
2007
Publication Date:
March 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
268
Dimensions:
8.68x5.84x1.11 in. 1.08 lbs.
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