The Taiga Syndrome - Winner of the 2019 Shirley Jackson Award (Paperback)

A fairy tale run amok, The Taiga Syndrome follows an unnamed Ex-Detective as she searches for a couple that has fled to the far reaches of the Earth. A betrayed husband is convinced by a brief telegram that his second ex-wife wants him to track her down - that she wants to be found. He hires the Ex-Detective, who sets out with a translator into a snowy, hostile forest where strange things happen and translation serves to betray both sense and the senses. The stories of Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood haunt the Ex-Detective's quest. As she enters a territory overrun with the primitive excesses of capitalism - accumulation and expulsion, corruption and cruelty -the lessons of her journey unfold: that sometimes leaving everything behind is the only thing left to do.

General

Imprint:	And Other Stories
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2019
Authors:	Cristina Rivera Garza
Translators:	Suzanne Jill Levine • Aviva Kana
Dimensions:	129 x 197 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	128
ISBN-13:	978-1-911508-68-7
Subtitles:	Spanish
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > General
LSN:	1-911508-68-7
Barcode:	9781911508687

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