Book guide
In the Distance
A lost immigrant walks against the tide of the American West, becoming a legend.
Genre and trope pairingsLiteraryComing of ageLiteraryIdentity crisisAdventureQuestAdventureExpedition
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About In the Distance
Separated from his brother on the journey from Sweden to America, Håkan Söderström lands in California penniless and alone. Travelling east through deserts, mountains, violence, and loneliness, he searches for companionship in a country still forming around him.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- violence
- sexual abuse
- substance abuse
- animal death
- child death
- confinement
- death
- gore
- gun violence
- physical abuse
- rape
- slavery
- suicidal thoughts
- torture
- blood
- murder
- injury detail
- medical trauma
- adult/minor relationship
