'Nervous System is fast, uncompromising and shimmering with
intelligence' Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater 'Meruane is one of
the one or two greats in the new generation of Chilean writers who
promise to have it all' Roberto Bolano A young woman struggles to
finish her PhD on stars and galaxies. Instead, she obsessively
tracks the experience of her own body, listening to its functions
and rhythms, finally locating in its patterns the beginning of
illness and instability. As she discovers the precarity of her
self, she begins to turn her attention to the distant orbits of her
family members, each moving away from the familial system and each
so different in their experiences, but somehow made similar in
their shared history of illness and trauma, both political and
personal...
General
Imprint: |
Atlantic Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2022 |
Authors: |
Lina Meruane
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
240 |
Edition: |
Main |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78649-949-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-78649-949-5 |
Barcode: |
9781786499493 |
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