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Miseria / Misery
Dolores Reyes
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R524
R445
Discovery Miles 4 450
Save R79 (15%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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NAMED A "FALL 2020 MUST-READ" AND ONE OF THE "BEST BOOKS OF FALL
2020" BY TIME, VULTURE, THE BOSTON GLOBE, COSMOPOLITAN, WIRED, TOR
AND MORE Electrifying and provocative, visceral and profound, a
powerful literary debut novel about a young woman whose compulsion
to eat earth gives her visions of murdered and missing people-an
imaginative synthesis of mystery and magical realism that explores
the dark tragedies of ordinary lives. Set in an unnamed slum in
contemporary Argentina, Eartheater is the story of a young woman
who finds herself drawn to eating the earth-a compulsion that gives
her visions of broken and lost lives. With her first taste of dirt,
she learns the horrifying truth of her mother's death. Disturbed by
what she witnesses, the woman keeps her visions to herself. But
when Eartheater begins an unlikely relationship with a withdrawn
police officer, word of her ability begins to spread, and soon
desperate members of her community beg for her help, anxious to
uncover the truth about their own loved ones. Surreal and haunting,
spare yet complex, Eartheater is a dark, emotionally resonant tale
told from a feminist perspective that brilliantly explores the
stories of those left behind-the women enduring the pain of
uncertainty, whose lives have been shaped by violence and loss.
Translated from the Spanish by Julia Sanches
With thousands of islands adrift in cerulean waters and a long,
labyrinthine coastline, Greeks have always traveled liquid
highways. They built the world's first documented lighthouse at the
Mediterranean port of Alexandria more than two-thousand years ago,
and since that time countless sentinels have risen and fallen on
Greek shores. Weather, warfare, erosion, and earthquakes have
reduced some to rubble, but more than 100 traditional stone
lighthouses still stand in Greece today--old sentries keeping watch
over every vessel, large or small, from freighters and tankers and
cruise ships to fishermen and ferries. Their romance, beauty, and
history are captured in this handy guidebook. Beguiling images,
fascinating histories, and helpful travel information will guide
you to these beloved seamarks in the land of Hellene.
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Miseria
Dolores Reyes
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R649
Discovery Miles 6 490
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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