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The Zigzag Way : A Novel, EPUB eBook

The Zigzag Way : A Novel EPUB

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A young American in Mexico discovers his family's pastand a present-day dangerin this ';elegant, exquisite' novel of suspense (Elle).

Eric is a newly minted historian just out of graduate school, plagued by self-doubt over both his past choices and his future options. With no clear direction, he follows his lover, Em, when she travels to the Yucatan for her scientific research, but ends up alone in this foreign place. And so he pursues his own private quest, tracing his family's history to a Mexican ghost town, where, a hundred years earlier, young Cornish minersamong them Eric's grandparentstoiled to the death.

Now, in place of the Cornish workers, the native Huichol Indians suffer the cruelty of the mines. When he inquires into their lives, Eric provokes the ire of their self-appointed savior, Dona Vera. Known as the ';Queen of the Sierra,' Dona Vera is the widow of a mining baron who has dedicated her fortune to preserving the Huichol culture. But her formidable presence belies a dubious past.

The zigzag paths of these characters converge on the Day of the Dead, bringing together past and present in a moment of powerful epiphany. Haunting and atmospheric, with splashes of exuberant color and darker violence, The Zigzag Way is ';a beautifully rendered combination of history, folklore, and modern fiction' (Entertainment Weekly), from a Booker Prize finalist.

';Long before Jhumpa Lahiri...long before Monica Ali...another novelist was offering us exquisitely detailed portraits of bodies in transit [and] classes in the art of sly and sensuous fiction...Anita Desai was a global, migrant writer before such a thing was fashionable.' Time

';Almost unbearably suspenseful.' The Boston Globe

';A hypnotic journey.' San Jose Mercury News

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