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Description edit
Two Americans, Richard and Sara Everton, are the only foreigners in Ibarra. They live among people who both respect and misunderstand them, and gradually, the villagers--at first enigmas to the Evertons--come to teach them much about life and the relentless tide of fate.
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Characters/People edit
- Sara: Add a description of this character.
- Richard
- Ibarra
- Chuy Santos
- Juan
- Pablo
- Luis
- Basilio
- Domingo
- Jose Reyes
- Don Ricardo
- Paco Acosta
- El Gallo
- Dr. De La Luna
- Victor
- Carmen
- Amparo
- Paulita
- Emilio
- Dionisio
- Dr. Vasquez
- Munoz
- Lourdes
- Gaspar
- Esteban
- Manuela
- Feliciana
- Remedios
- Petra
- Horacio
- Yolanda
- Paz
- Miguel
- Concepcion
- Oti
- Father Octavio
- Luz
First Sentence edit
Here they are, two North Americans, a man and a woman just over and just under forty, come to spend their lives in Mexico and already lost as they travel cross-country over the central plateau.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Harriet Doerr (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0670192031
Page Count: 214
Publisher: Viking
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0670192031
Page Count: 214
Awards edit
- National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist, 1984: Fiction)
- PEN/Faulkner Award (Finalist, 1985: Fiction)
- National Book Award (1984: First Work of Fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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