Crossing the Border

Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2013

A collection of linked stories feature Americans abroad as they set forth on backpacking journey through Central America, serving at a teaching post in rural South Korea, and trekking in the mountains in Morocco. These characters struggle with the unique relationship between travelers, as well as the intimate connection between the foreign and the local--all in their search for, as one woman traveler says, "whatever it is they are all searching for."