1.
Afterlife :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
269 pages ; 18 cm
Edition
First paperback edition.
Production / Publication Information
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.
Summary
"Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves--lines from her favorite authors play in her head like a soundtrack--but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words. Afterlife is a compact, nimble, and sharply droll novel. Set in this political moment of tribalism and distrust, it asks: What do we owe those in crisis in our families, including--maybe especially--members of our human family? How do we live in a broken world without losing faith in one another or ourselves? And how do we stay true to those glorious souls we have lost?"--Publisher's website.
Call Number
FIC/ALVAR/PB
Publication Date
2020-2021
Language
English
ISBN
9781643751368
2.
Afterlife :
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
6 audio discs (6 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
Unabridged English edition.
Production / Publication Information
Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, [2020]
Summary
A literature professor tries to rediscover who she is after the sudden death of her husband, even as a series of family and political jolts force her to ask what we owe those in crisis in our families, biological or otherwise.
Call Number
CDBOOK FIC ALVAREZ, JULIA
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781980077268
3.
Afterlife
Author
Format:
Large print
Physical Description
287 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Production / Publication Information
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
Summary
"Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of this novel, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her husband, Sam suddenly dies. And then more jolt: her big-hearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves--lines from her favorite authors play in her head like a soundtrack--but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words"--Back cover.
Call Number
LARGE PRINT FICTION ALVAREZ
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781432881948
4.
Afterlife
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
256 pages ; 19 cm
Edition
First edition.
Production / Publication Information
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
Summary
"A literature professor tries to rediscover who she is after the sudden death of her husband, even as a series of family and political jolts force her to ask what we owe those in crisis in our families, biological or otherwise"--
Call Number
FICTION ALVAREZ
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781643750255
5.
Afterlife
Author
Format:
Sound recording
Physical Description
1 sound media player (6.25 hr.) : digital, 4 3/4 in.
Edition
Unabridged English edition.
Production / Publication Information
[Solon, Ohio] : Findaway World, LLC ; [2020]
Summary
A literature professor tries to rediscover who she is after the sudden death of her husband, even as a series of family and political jolts force her to ask what we owe those in crisis in our families, biological or otherwise.
Call Number
MWF-PLAY F ALVAREZ
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781980095880
6.
Más Allá :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
215 pages ; 21 cm
Production / Publication Information
New York : Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
Summary
Poco después de jubilarse de la universidad donde enseñaba literatura, Antonia Vega, una escritora latina, pierde a su adorado esposo y su vida parece desmoronarse de repente. Hasta entonces parecía haber encontrado consuelo en la literatura que ama--las palabras de sus autores preferidos dan vueltas en su cabeza como plegarias--, pero la desaparición de su hermana, con su personalidad impredecible y su gran corazón, junto con la aparición de una inmigrante ilegal en el garaje de su casa, devuelven a Antonia a la dura realidad. En estas circunstancias, el mundo requiere más que palabras. Mas allá es una novela ágil y de prosa depurada. En momentos en los que reinan la confusión y el caos, la protagonista se plantea: ¿Le debemos algo a los que sufren, sean inmigrantes desconocidos o familiares cercanos? ¿Cómo podemos mantener la fe en los demás y en nosotros mismos en una realidad destrozada? Y, sobre todo, ¿cómo honramos a las personas que amamos y hemos perdido?
Call Number
SPANISH FIC ALVAREZ
Publication Date
2020
Language
Spanish
ISBN
9780593082584
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