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After the homeland was torn apart by the events known as The Thirteen Days, Vaniok, like countless others, has had to make a life for himself in someone else's country. Thousands of miles from his home, he lives among strangers, but the burden of dealing with the past and trying to believe in a future is lessened by the presence of Ila, whose bright spirit and hunger for life gives him hope. He's even begun to nourish dreams about Ila until the arrival of their countryman, Jory. Try as he might, Vanoik finds it hard to accept this intense, unforgetting newcomer whose presence is vaguely accusatory and whose past is shadowed in mystery. That Ila seems fascinated by the new arrival doesn't make things better.
In his novel THE FOURTEENTH DAY, K.C. Frederick presents a richly imagined story of three exiles who must live, dream, and remember in a place that will always be somewhere else.
K.C. FREDERICK'S novel COUNTRY OF MEMORY was published by The Permanent Press in 1998. His short stories have appeared in many journals. A good number have been cited in the annual collections of BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES and PUSHCART PRIZES and several have been anthologized. In addition to this recognition, his work has won him a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
Born na;d raised in Detroit, Fredrerick currently lives in the Boston area, where he teaches.
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