As Marina strives to reunite her family, her children all struggle to adapt and create a sense of belonging to a country that is not their own. Now in the United States, she works as a janitor to send money and letters back to her children in Colombia. After taking part in a failed attempt to overthrow the country’s oppressive regime, she is forced to flee, leaving her three children behind.
Marina, the matriarch and heart of the novel, is a former member of the Colombian guerrilla group M-19. The novel follows Marina, the matriarch of the family, and her three children, all living in different places around the world. Infinite Country, Patricia Engel’s powerful, moving fifth novel, tells the story of a Colombian-American family torn apart by differences of religion, tradition, class, and geography.
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