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In the Country
By Mia Alvar
368 pages;
Knopf
"You can leave a place, but places have a way of not leaving
you," a ghost advises a bereaved mother in a Manila suburb, a theme plaited
through the nine stories in this accomplished debut of longing and redemption.
In lush, sinuous sentences, Alvar probes the enduring stain of race,
colonialism and especially class, giving voice to all strata of Philippine society.
— Hamilton Cain
Published 06/22/2015
