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Reyes's first novel (after the PEN/Faulkner-longlisted short story collection There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven) explores the impact of the Salvadoran Civil War on the people who lived through it and those who came after. Two families affected by the war show in alternate timelines what might have been if the Soviet-backed revolutionaries succeeded in overthrowing the Salvadoran government or if the revolution had been stomped out quickly and ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More