A provocative autobiographical novel that reckons with the legacy
of colonialism through one woman's family ties to both colonised
and coloniser Alone in an ethnographic museum in Paris, Gabriela
Wiener is confronted with her unusual inheritance. She is visiting
an exhibition of pre-Columbian artefacts, the spoils of European
colonial plunder, many of them from her home country of Peru.
Peering through the glass, she sees sculptures of Indigenous faces
that resemble her own - but the man responsible for pillaging them
was her own great-great-grandfather, Austrian colonial explorer
Charles Wiener. In the wake of her father's death, Gabriela begins
delving into all she has inherited from her paternal line. From the
brutal trail of racism and theft Charles was responsible for, to
revelations of her father's infidelity, she traces a legacy of
abandonment, jealousy and colonial violence, and questions its
impact on her own struggles with desire, love and race in a
polyamorous relationship. Blending personal, historical and
fictional modes, Undiscovered tells of a search for identity beyond
the old stories of patriarchs and plunder. Incisive and fiercely
irreverent, it builds to a powerful call for decolonisation.
General
Imprint: |
Pushkin Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
Authors: |
Gabriela Wiener
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Translators: |
Julia Sanches
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Dimensions: |
216 x 135mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
192 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78227-932-7 |
Subtitles: |
Spanish
|
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-78227-932-6 |
Barcode: |
9781782279327 |
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