| Description |
1 online resource |
|
text file rda |
| Summary |
"The first novel to appear in English by one of the most talked-about and critically acclaimed writers of new Mexican fiction. From a psychoanalyst's couch, the narrator looks back on her bizarre childhood--in which she was born with an abnormality in her eye into a family intent on fixing it. In a world without the time and space for innocence, the narrator intimately recalls her younger self--a fierce and discerning girl open to life's pleasures and keen to its ruthless cycle of tragedy. With raw language and a brilliant sense of humor, both delicate and unafraid, Nettel strings together hard-won, unwieldy memories--taking us from Mexico City to Aix-en-Provence, France, then back home again--to create a portrait of the artist as a young girl. In these pages, Nettel's art of storytelling transforms experience into inspiration and a new startling perception of reality. "Nettel's eye...gives rise to a tension, subtle but persistent, that immerses us in an uncomfortable reality, disquieting, even disturbing--a gaze that illuminates her prose like an alien sun shining down on our world." --Valeria Luiselli, author of Sidewalks and Faces in the Crowd "It has been a long time since I've found in the literature of my generation a world as personal and untransferable as that of Guadalupe Nettel." --Juan Gabriel Vasquez, author of The Sound of Things Falling "Nettel reveals the subliminal beauty within beings...and painstakingly examines the intimacies of her soul." --Magazine Litteraire "Guadalupe Nettel's storytelling power is majestic."--Typographical Era In Praise of Natural Histories "Five flawless stories..." --The New York Times "Nettel's stories are as atmospheric and emotionally battering as Checkhov's."--Asymptote"-- Provided by publisher. |
|
"From a psychoanalyst's couch, the narrator looks back on her bizarre childhood--in which she was born with a birth defect into a family intent on fixing it--having somehow survived the emotional havoc she went through. And survive she did, but not unscathed. This intimate narrative echoes the voice of the narrator's younger self: a sharp, sensitive girl who is keen to life's gifts and hardships. With bare language and smart humor, both delicate and unafraid, the narrator strings a strand of touching stories together in a portrait of an unconventional childhood that crushed her, scarred her, mended her, tore her apart and ultimately made her whole"-- Provided by publisher. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Subject |
Mexican fiction -- 21st century.
|
|
Eye -- Abnormalities -- Fiction.
|
|
Glaucoma in children -- Fiction.
|
|
Eye -- Abnormalities. |
|
Glaucoma in children. |
|
Mexican fiction. |
| Genre |
Domestic fiction.
|
|
Psychological fiction.
|
|
Autobiographical fiction.
|
|
Electronic books. |
|
Electronic books.
|
|
Domestic fiction.
|
|
Fiction.
|
|
Psychological fiction.
|
| Added Author |
Boundless (Digital media service)
|
| ISBN |
9781609805272 : $45.90 |
|
1609805275 : $45.90 |
|
More Resources