Böcker av Elizabeth Shick

Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, The Golden Land digs deep into the complexities of family history and relationships in an intergenerational tale set against the backdrop of Myanmar.

Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, this debut novel digs deep into the complexities of family history and relationships. When Etta's grandmother dies, she is compelled to travel to Myanmar to explore complicated adolescent memories of her grandmother's family and the violence she witnessed there. Full of rich detail and complex relationships, The Golden Land explores those personal narratives that might lie beneath the surface of historical accounts.