In her prize-winning debut， Mexican essayist Mariana Oliver trains her gaze on migration in its many forms， moving between real cities and other more inaccessible territories: language， memory， pain， desire， and the body。 With an abiding curiosity and poetic ease， Oliver leads us through the underground city of Cappadocia， explores the vicissitudes of a Berlin marked by historical fracture， recalls a shocking childhood exodus， and recreates the intimacy of the spaces we inhabit。 Blending criticism， reportage， and a travel writing all her own， Oliver presents a brilliant collection of essays that asks us what it means to leave the familiar behind and make the unfamiliar our own。