Ruben Reyes Jr.

From the author of There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven, this piercing, genre-bending debut follows two families in alternative timelines of the Salvadoran civil war in a stunning exploration of displacement, the mechanisms of fate, the gravity of the past, and the endurance of love.

Longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist for The Story Prize Finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction Finalist for the California Book Award Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence, the Aspen Words Literary Prize, and the New American Voices Award...

Primera novela del autor de There is a Rio Grande in Heaven, una historia penetrante que rastrea a dos familias en dos líneas temporales paralelas durante la guerra civil salvadoreña. Una brillante exploración de los mecanismos del destino, la carga del pasado y la fuerza del amor. “Una voz...

From the critically acclaimed author of There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven, a piercing debut novel following two families in alternative timelines of the Salvadoran civil war—a stunning exploration of the mechanisms of fate, the gravity of the past, and the endurance of love. ""Beautiful.""...