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It is said that the Canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. Ada Bunting, a bold sixteen-year-old from Barbados, arrives alone in Panama as a stowaway alongside thousands of other West Indians seeking work in the grand building project of the Canal. Francisco, a local fisherman, resents the foreign nations clamouring for a slice of his country, but nothing is more upsetting for him than his son Omar’s decision to work as a digger.

Alberto has been alone for the majority of his life, making his way as a restaurant worker and at the beck and call of wealthy and entitled Don Antonio. This time for hire, Alberto arrives at Antonio’s summer house prepared to attend to its regular maintenance. Instead he finds only Antonio’s heartbroken wife, Lola, and a task that could alter his loyalty to his employer forever.

Inequality. Influence. Fraud. Sabotage. These are the themes of great fiction and our modern economy. In this collection of short stories by some of today’s most scintillating writers, the rich get poorer and the poor get richer. Yeah, right! From the heartbreaking to the hilarious, here are eight instantly classic battles over currency, class, privilege - and social distance.

“A triumph of storytelling. Henríquez pulls us into the lives of her characters with such mastery that we hang on to them just as fiercely as they hang on to one another and their dreams. This passionate, powerful novel will stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page.” —Ben...

Als um 1900 ein Kanal gebaut wird, der Atlantik und Pazifik verbindet, treffen in Panama die unterschiedlichsten Menschen aufeinander: Arbeiter aus der Karibik, amerikanische Journalisten, aber auch Malaria-Ärzte und Wahrsagerinnen. Viele sehnen sich nach einem neuen Leben. So auch Ada und der Fischerssohn Omar, die sich ineinander verlieben. Doch wie nah beieinander stehen Fortschritt und Ausbeutung? Und welche Rolle spielen Frauen bei dieser Unternehmung? Ein tiefer Riss geht durch die Gesellschaft, die getrennt ist durch Geschlecht, Hautfarbe und Status.