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A Little Luck (Paperback)
Claudia Piñeiro; Translated by Frances Riddle
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R372
R302
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From the author of Elena Knows, finalist for the 2022 International
Booker Prize 20 years after a shocking accident, Mary Lohan returns
to the Buenos Aires suburb she escaped in a fugue of guilt and
isolation. She is not the same—not her name or voice, not even
the color of her eyes. The neighborhood looks different too, but
she’s still the same woman and it’s still the same place, and
as the past erupts into view, they slowly collide. A Little
Luck is the story about the debilitating weight of lies, the messy
line between bravery and cowardice, and the tragedies, big and
small, that can ripple out from a single decisive event. In a place
she had determined to forget forever, both anticipated encounters
and unanticipated revelations show her, and us, that sometimes life
is neither fate nor chance: perhaps it’s nothing more than a
little luck.
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Theatre of War (Paperback)
Andrea Jeftanovic; Translated by Frances Riddle
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R254
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This assured debut novel from acclaimed Chilean author Andrea
Jeftanovic explores the devastating psychological effects of the
conflict in the Balkans on a family who flee to South America to
build a new life. It is told from the perspective of the young
Tamara, as she tries to make sense of growing up haunted by a
distant conflict. Yet the ghosts of war re-emerge in their new land
- which has its own traumatic past - to tear the family
apart.Staging scenes from childhood as if the characters were
rehearsing for a play, the novel uses all the imaginary resources
of theatre director, set paint- er and lighting designer to pose
the question: how can Tamara salvage an identity as an adult from
the ruins of memory, and rediscover the ability to love? With
themes that echo Elif Shafak's The Bastard of Istanbul, a sensitive
narrator recalling Eimear McBride's A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing,
and a focus on the body in the style of Elfriede Jelinek, this is
an artfully construct- ed, widely praised work from one of the most
exciting novelists at work in Latin America today.
The most popular narrative about transsexuality suggests that some
people are born in the wrong body - that their bodies do not
correspond to their inner experience and that their bodies should
therefore be transformed. But in the view of the sociologist and
trans activist Miguel Misse, this narrative is a harmful myth. It
is rooted in a medical paradigm that typically leads to medical
intervention - to the use of hormones and surgical operations. By
proposing a particular solution (modifying one's body), doctors and
psychiatrists make it difficult for trans people to overcome
malaise about their body in other ways and prevent them from
recognizing the burden of social norms. Drawing on his own personal
experience, Misse makes the case for a different way of thinking
about trans embodiment which focuses on gender identity. The
trajectory that leads people to become trans is shaped by the
rigidity of gender norms, where the only two models available to
individuals are the masculine man and the feminine woman. But these
are not the only possible choices, and by critically interrogating
the rigidity of gender norms, Misse opens up a different way of
thinking about being trans, beyond the essentialism of the medical
paradigm.
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Elena Knows (Paperback)
Claudia Pineiro; Translated by Frances Riddle
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R370
R300
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SHORTLISTED for the International Booker Prize 2022 After Rita is
found dead in a church she used to attend, the official
investigation into the incident is quickly closed. Her sickly
mother is the only person still determined to find the culprit.
Chronicling a difficult journey across the suburbs of the city, an
old debt and a revealing conversation, Elena Knows unravels the
secrets of its characters and the hidden facets of authoritarianism
and hypocrisy in our society.
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The German Room (Paperback)
Carla Maliandi; Translated by Frances Riddle
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R308
R252
Discovery Miles 2 520
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Could we claim that The German Room invents a new genre? It would
be an exaggeration, of course, but we can certainly say that this
novel represents what we could call a non-coming of age tale. A
female protagonist - a young woman- travels from Argentina to
Germany trapped by emotional conflicts. When she arrives, she is
constantly exposed to all kinds of adventures and incidents, some
funny, others tragic. She never fully understands her situation.
Instead of learning from her circumstances and moving on, she
gropes around, perplexed by the reality around her, hesitating as
to what to do next. It is this hesitation that turns into thrilling
suspense, a book that we can't put down. We want to know what
happens next, and after that. Maliandi takes us by the hand until
the end of a novel that becomes, quite simply, remarkable and
unforgettable.
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Human Sacrifices (Paperback)
Maria Fernanda Ampuero; Translated by Frances Riddle
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R304
R246
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An undocumented woman answers a job posting only to find herself
held hostage; a group of outcasts obsess over boys drowned while
surfing; and an unhappy couple finds themselves trapped in a
terrifying maze. With scalpel-like precision, Ampuero considers the
price paid by those on the margins so that the elite might lounge
comfortably, considering themselves safe in their homes.
Simultaneously terrifying and exquisite, Human Sacrifices is
'tropical gothic' at its finest-decay and oppression underlie our
humid and hostile world, where working-class women and children are
consistently the weakest links in a capitalist economy. Against
this backdrop of corrosion and rot, these twelve stories
contemplate the nature of exploitation and abuse, illuminating the
realities of those society consumes for its own pitiless ends.
The most popular narrative about transsexuality suggests that some
people are born in the wrong body - that their bodies do not
correspond to their inner experience and that their bodies should
therefore be transformed. But in the view of the sociologist and
trans activist Miguel Misse, this narrative is a harmful myth. It
is rooted in a medical paradigm that typically leads to medical
intervention - to the use of hormones and surgical operations. By
proposing a particular solution (modifying one's body), doctors and
psychiatrists make it difficult for trans people to overcome
malaise about their body in other ways and prevent them from
recognizing the burden of social norms. Drawing on his own personal
experience, Misse makes the case for a different way of thinking
about trans embodiment which focuses on gender identity. The
trajectory that leads people to become trans is shaped by the
rigidity of gender norms, where the only two models available to
individuals are the masculine man and the feminine woman. But these
are not the only possible choices, and by critically interrogating
the rigidity of gender norms, Misse opens up a different way of
thinking about being trans, beyond the essentialism of the medical
paradigm.
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Slum Virgin (Paperback)
Gabriela Cabezon Camara; Translated by Frances Riddle
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R416
R342
Discovery Miles 3 420
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"Queer writing at its most exhilarating." **-Times Literary
Supplement ** The slums of Buenos Aires, the government, the mafia,
the Virgin Mary, corrupt police, sex workers, thieves, drug
dealers, and debauchery all combine in this sweeping novel deemed a
'revelation for contemporary literature' and 'pure dynamite'
(Andres Neuman, author of Traveller of the Century & Talking to
Ourselves). When the Virgin Mary appears to Cleopatra, she
renounces sex work and takes charge of the shantytown she lives in,
transforming it into a tiny utopia. Ambitious journalist Quity
knows she's found the story of the year when she hears about it,
but her life is changed forever once she finds herself irrevocably
seduced by the captivating subject of her article. Densely-packed,
fast-paced prose, weaving slang and classical references, Slum
Virgin refuses to whitewash the reality of the poor and
downtrodden, and jumps deftly from tragedy to comedy in a way that
has the reader laughing out loud.
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Cockfight (Paperback)
Maria Fernanda Ampuero; Translated by Frances Riddle
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R419
R345
Discovery Miles 3 450
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January (Paperback)
Sara Gallardo; Translated by Frances Riddle, Maureen Shaughnessy
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R503
R389
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Bodies of Summer (Paperback)
Martin Felipe Castagnet; Translated by Frances Riddle
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R333
R260
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The existence of an afterlife is now a fact: heaven is the
internet. Death is only an interruption as souls can be uploaded to
the web and new bodies can be purchased by those wishing to reenter
the physical world. The need to settle an old score pushes Ramiro
Olivaires to move from the comfort of virtual existence back into a
human body. Ramiro's grandson, however, can only afford the body of
an overweight middle-aged woman. In the shell of this new body,
Ramiro must adjust to the dizzying transformations that the world
has undergone since his death. Using Ramiro himself as an avatar,
Castagnet walks us through a stifling new version of reality where
sex, gender, identity, religion, and politics are defined by the
limitless possibilities of the human body. Castagnet is considered
one of the most promising new voices in Latin American literature
and Bodies of Summer shows us why.
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Cockfight (Paperback)
Maria Fernanda Ampuero; Translated by Frances Riddle
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R245
R199
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Named one of the ten best fiction books of 2018 by the New York
Times en Espanol, Cockfight is the debut work by Ecuadorian writer
and journalist Maria Fernanda Ampuero. In lucid and compelling
prose, Ampuero sheds light on the hidden aspects of the home: the
grotesque realities of family, coming of age, religion, and class
struggle. A family's maids witness a horrible cycle of abuse, a
girl is auctioned off by a gang of criminals, and two sisters find
themselves at the mercy of their spiteful brother. With violence
masquerading as love, characters spend their lives trapped
reenacting their past traumas. Heralding a brutal and singular new
voice, Cockfight explores the power of the home to both create and
destroy those within it.
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Bad Handwriting (Paperback)
Sara Mesa; Translated by Katie Whittemore, Frances Riddle
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R438
R366
Discovery Miles 3 660
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