Catalina : a novel / Karla Cornejo Villavicencio.
"When Catalina is admitted to Harvard, it feels like the fulfillment of destiny: a miracle child escapes death in Latin America, moves to Queens to be raised by her undocumented grandparents, and becomes one of the chosen. But nothing is simple for Catalina, least of all her own complicated, contradictory, ruthlessly probing mind. Now a senior, she faces graduation to a world that has no place for the undocumented; her sense of doom intensifies her curiosities and desires. She infiltrates the school’s elite subcultures--internships and literary journals, posh parties and secret societies--which she observes with the eye of an anthropologist and an interloper’s skepticism: she is both fascinated and repulsed. Craving a great romance, Catalina finds herself drawn to a fellow student, an actual budding anthropologist eager to teach her about the Latin American world she was born into but never knew, even as her life back in Queens begins to unravel. And every day, the clock ticks closer to the abyss of life after graduation." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593449097
- ISBN: 0593449096
- Physical Description: 204 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : One World, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
Awards Note: | National book award finalist, fiction 2024 |
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Genre: | Campus fiction. |
Available copies
- 13 of 18 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.
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- 2 current holds with 18 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | FICTION CORNEJO VILLAVICENCIO 2024 (Text) | 0001012558466 | Fiction New | Available | - |