Two Colombians meet as strangers on the rainy streets of New York City, both burdened with traumatic pasts. In Cuba, a woman discovers her deceased brother's bones have been stolen, and the love of her life returns from Ecuador for a one-night visit. A cash-strapped couple hustles in Miami, to life-altering ends. With The Faraway World, Engel showcases characters from across the vast spectrum of Latin American immigration, and confronts, like no other author, the myriad challenges of exile and diaspora. Linked by themes of migration, sacrifice, hope, and moral compromise, these ten haunting stories bring to life the liminality of regret, the vibrancy of community, and the epic deeds and quiet moments of love.-- Back cover.