American Abductions by Mauro Javier Cardenas (Paperback Book)

Name: American Abductions by Mauro Javier Cardenas (Paperback Book)
Brand: Dalkey Archive Press

Dalkey Archive Press

Torrential and dreamlike, Mauro Javier C\u00E1aacute;rdenas' novel unfurls into a layered, poignant, and unflinching portrait of how family separations have impacted the minds of Latin American deportees in a technology-bound 21st century.\n\nAmerican Abductions opens in a near-future United States whose omnipresence of data-harvesting and algorithms has enabled the mass incarceration and deportation of Latin Americans-regardless of citizenship. After their father is abducted by immigration officials before their eyes and deported to Colombia, Ada and her sister Eva are left to contend with a United States as all-seeing as it is hostile. Now adults, Ada remains in San Francisco while Eva has joined their father in Colombia, tending him in his ailing health. When his condition worsens, Eva asks\n\nAmerican Abductions\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note: the price advertised is as ;