The first novel by the Pulitzer Prize?winning author of Trust, an exquisite and blisteringly intelligent story of a young Swedish boy, separated from his brother, who becomes a legend and an outlaw A young Swedish immigrant finds himself penniless and alone in California. The boy travels east in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great current of emigrants pushing west. Driven back again and again, he meets naturalists, criminals, religious fanatics, swindlers, Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Diaz defies the conventions of historical fiction and genre, offering a probing look at the stereotypes that populate our past and a portrait of radical foreignness.
| Author: Hernan Diaz |
| Publisher: Penguin |
| Publication Date: Mar 05, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 273 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 0593850564 |
| ISBN-13: 9780593850565 |
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