Mexico, Nicaragua, Cuba and New Zealand provide locations for this collection of dramatic short stories by an expatriate New Zealand writer who knows these countries well. In the title story, Karina, a Mexican adolescent on the verge of womanhood, longs to escape her dreary rural life and her aged campesino father. Finally she does - with tragic results for both. Parkyn explores how violence, poverty, the drug trade and criminal extortion affect Mexicans of all ages and touch the lives of visiting foreigners. In Nicaragua a New Zealander is involved in a frightening incident, and the final story details the last hours of a writer in Cuba. Other stories have a lighter touch, providing that balance sought by the reader. Publisher: Ocean Books Year: 2012 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781927215012 Condition: Near Mint This image is of the actual book.
