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Catalina: A Novel

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the tantalizing possibilities of love and freedom “[A] sparkling fiction debut.”—The New York Times Book Review “[A] fresh and unflinching take on the campus novel.”—People (Ten Best Books of the Year) “Diabolically charming and magnetic.”—Ira Glass A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, NPR, The Boston Globe, them When Catalina is admitted to Harvard, it feels like the fulfillment of destiny: a miracle child escapes death in Latin America, moves to Queens to be raised by her undocumented grandparents, and becomes one of the chosen. But nothing is simple for Catalina, least of all her own complicated, contradictory, ruthlessly probing mind. Now a senior, she faces graduation to a world that has no place for the undocumented; her sense of doom intensifies her curiosities and desires. She infiltrates the school’s elite subcultures—internships and literary journals, posh parties and secret societies—which she observes with the eye of an anthropologist and an interloper’s skepticism: she is both fascinated and repulsed. Craving a great romance, Catalina finds herself drawn to a fellow student, an actual budding anthropologist eager to teach her about the Latin American world she was born into but never knew, even as her life back in Queens begins to unravel. And every day, the clock ticks closer to the abyss of life after graduation. Can she save her family? Can she save herself? What does it mean to be saved? Brash and daring, part campus novel, part hagiography, part pop song, Catalina is unlike any coming-of-age novel you’ve ever read—and Catalina, bright and tragic, circled by a nimbus of chaotic energy, driven by a wild heart, is a character you will never forget. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ One World (July 23, 2024)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593449096


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 97


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.7 x 0.91 x 8.53 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #18,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #25 in Hispanic American Literature & Fiction #465 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books) #1,824 in Literary Fiction (Books)


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    • Important Fiction
Thank you to One World and NetGalley for the Advanced Reader's Copy! Available now. Bouyed by zingy one liners, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's Catalina is a raucous coming of age. As she navigates class, immigration status, pop culture, and more - Catalina must find her place in the increasingly confusing world of the wealthy and powerful at Harvard. The whole story reads as one monologue and I found myself laughing out loud at parts of Catalina's experiences. I loved the family dynamics in this book, the balance of tender devotion and guilt many immigrants navigate. Sometimes, I would get thrown off by Catalina's meandering thoughts, but as a whole it was a bemusing read. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2025 by Nuha
    • compelling sometimes uncomfortable read
Couldn’t put it down. A smart portrait of how being undocumented messes with young woman’s psyche. I won’t soon forget this book.
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2024 by A Reader
    • Poignant!
I thought this was going to be a different story than what it was, but it was still very interesting! It would switch to Catalina’s thoughts versus reality of what was actually transpiring. I had to adjust to that, but once I did, it was easier to read. I also found it extremely sad a lot of times. Something that happens towards the end of the story was heart breaking for me… Catalina had resilience and spunk throughout, and I had to admire her for that, as others in her situation/circumstances may have faltered! Knowing that your existence, your very being, is questioned by others would be hardest of all…. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2024 by Kelly
    • An important story, but difficult to get through
I’m so torn about this one. On the one hand, I think it’s a very important book to read, but I had such a hard time getting through it, because I kept getting pulled out of the story. I give it three and a half stars rounded up to four for the purposes of this review. Catalina is an incredibly smart and witty (in a dark, dry humor sort of way) twenty-one-year-old student at Harvard. She immigrated to the United States from Ecuador when she was a little girl after losing her parents in a car accident and living with her aunt and uncle for several years. She was raised by her paternal grandparents in New York. However, as her visa lapsed after she came to the US, she is considered a Dreamer, and it is possible she can be deported. Her grandparents are also not in the country legally. Catalina has obviously experienced a great amount of trauma within her lifetime, and she suffers from depression (just my thought, as this I never explicitly stated). It is difficult for her to get close to many people, and she has somewhat unreliable relationships with most of the people in her life, including her grandparents. As I was reading the book, I knew that Catalina’s story was one everyone should read about, especially those of us (most of us) who’ve had a much easier life than hers. The thing that made this book so difficult to get through was that for a long time, it felt like it just wasn’t going anywhere. I’ve heard this book described as stream-of-consciousness style of writing, and that makes a lot of sense. Something will be happening in the plot and then Catalina’s mind wonders off to another topic or observation. Sometimes it’s easy to see the connection between her thoughts and what’s happening to her in that moment, but sometimes it’s really not. It’s funny because this is really how people operate on a daily basis, but it just didn’t translate easily to a character in a novel (in my opinion). Many of these instances pulled me out of the story, and I’d get confused or distracted looking for the connection to the plot. The latter part of the book got me a little more invested because of what was going on in the lives of Catalina and her grandparents. I also found the information about the khipu interesting, because I had never heard of it before I read this book. Overall, I wanted to like this story, because I do feel like it has the potential to be such an important piece of literature, but it was just a little too difficult to get through and I never really felt enthralled with it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2024 by Bridget Sheppard
    • A campus novel and an immigration story combined
I listened to this campus-meets-immigration novel on the drive from Chicago back to Louisville, and I must say, I love a funny first-person narrator. Catalina is a senior at Harvard. Excellent! She’s dating a rich white boy anthropology student who has a lot to tell her about the place where she was born in Latin America. Excellent? The undocumented grandparents who raised her are facing deportation. Decidedly not excellent. Coming of age is a lot harder when you have to decide what age you’re coming into, and how to come into it, and whether the law will allow you to come into it. I recommend picking this one up, especially given our current political nightmare. This review was originally published on my blog. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2024 by Rebecca Robison
    • Catalina
I was excited to read Catalina, prepared to love it. While some parts of the story resonated with me, it didn't quite pull me in and keep my attention. This could have been to do with the writing style, which jumps around as if you're in the main character's stream of consciousness. Catalina is a bit out of my usual reading comfort zone, so this could just not be for me. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to review this book. All opinions are my own. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2024 by Samantha H.

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