{"product_id":"a-desert-between-two-seas-a-novel-in-stories-paperback","title":"A Desert Between Two Seas: A Novel in Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. Muia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the crumbling Spanish missions of nineteenth-century Baja California, this mythic novel in linked stories follows two grief-stricken people as haunted as the desolate chapels around them: a priest who caused the drowning of a native boy by compelling him to fish for pearls, and a deaf woman trying to outrun her murderous reputation as a pistolera. Though the stories span landscapes, villages, characters, and decades, the heart of the novel is Baja California itself--a stark land of cactus and creosote, of russet canyons and splintered wastes of rock--where people living in the shadow of ruined missions seek redemption on an inhospitable peninsula forsaken even by its priests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. MUIA is a Pushcart Prize nominee whose work has been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eThe Orison Anthology. \u003c\/i\u003eHer stories and articles have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eBaltimore Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBeloit Fiction Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImage Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWater Stone Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWest Branch\u003c\/i\u003e, AWP's \u003ci\u003eWriter's Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals. Find her online at www.amuia.net.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379317305446,"sku":"9780820374383","price":37.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/7ULOX7StX69780820374383.webp?v=1768918517","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-desert-between-two-seas-a-novel-in-stories-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}