In the Distance
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| Author | Hernan Diaz |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | |
| Publisher | Coffee House Press |
Publication date | October 10, 2017 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| OCLC | 975018812 |
| 813/.6 | |
| LC Class | PS3604.I17 I5 2017 |
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In the Distance is a 2017 novel by writer and professor Hernán Diaz.[1] The story recounts the life of Håkan, a Swedish emigrant who is separated from his brother on their journey to the United States in the mid-19th century. Penniless, Håkan travels across the American West, sometimes in very harsh conditions, with the goal of finding his brother in New York City.[2]
Writing and composition
[edit | edit source]The novel took six years to write.[3] Diaz was drawn to the Western genre as he thought it had not "[fulfilled] its promise or potential".[3] Diaz wrote the book in Manhattan and Brooklyn.[1]
Reception
[edit | edit source]Carys Davies, for The Guardian, referred to the novel as a "thrilling narrative, full of twists and turns".[2] Catherine Taylor, for the Financial Times, praised In the Distance as an "extraordinary epic tale".[4]
The novel was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction[1][5] and the Pulitzer Prize.[6]
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