Terrestrial

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author
From the acclaimed, Pulitzer-winning author of Lilianas Invincible Summer and Death Takes Me comes an unparalleled meditation about the ties we hold to the lands we walk on, and to each other

FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF LILIANA’S INVINCIBLE SUMMER AND DEATH TAKES ME

We come from far away and, all of a sudden, we no longer know where we are going.

In Terrestrial, we follow travellers who carry little but longing and a sense of possibility. A woman returns to the town of a lover who once abandoned her, walking its streets listening for an echo. Two girls ride a train in search of a lake that may only exist in memory and myth. A group of workers build a temporary shelter, only to see it razed in an instant.

These characters hitchhike, drift, wander, or at times, fly, to resist the forces that try to c