{"product_id":"the-iliac-crest-paperback","title":"The Iliac Crest - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCristina Rivera Garza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSarah Booker\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eElena Poniatowska\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSurreal and gothic, \u003cem\u003eThe Iliac Crest\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterful excavation of forgotten Mexican women writers, illustrating the myriad ways that gendered language can wield destructive power. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn a dark and stormy night, two mysterious women invade an unnamed narrator's house, where they proceed to ruthlessly question their host's identity. The women are strangely intimate―even inventing together an incomprehensible, fluid language―and harass the narrator by repeatedly claiming that they know his greatest secret: that he is, in fact, a woman. As the increasingly frantic protagonist fails to defend his supposed masculinity, he eventually finds himself in a sanatorium.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished for the first time in English, this Gothic tale is \"utterly weird yet deeply resonant in its portrayal of gendered violence\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/em\u003e). Through layered and haunting prose, Cristina Rivera Garza unravels the cultural and political histories of Mexico, probing at the misogyny that fuels the disappearance of women in literature and in real life. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAstounding and thought-provoking. --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An intelligent, beautiful story about bodies disguised as a story about language disguised as a story about night terrors. Cristina Rivera Garza does not respect what is expected of a writer, of a novel, of language. She is an agitator.\" --Yuri Herrera, author of \u003cem\u003eKingdom Cons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePublished for the first time in English, this Gothic tale destabilizes male-female binaries and subverts literary tropes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCristina Rivera Garza\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author, translator, and critic. Her books, originally written in Spanish, have been translated into multiple languages. She is the recipient of the Roger Caillois Award for Latin American Literature (2013), the Anna Seghers-Preis (2005), and the only two-time winner of the International Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (2001; 2009). She received her PhD in 2012 in Latin American history from the University of Houston, where she is currently Distinguished Professor in Hispanic Studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Booker\u003c\/b\u003e is an English-to-Spanish translator and PhD candidate at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research revolves around contemporary Latin American narratives and translation studies. She is particularly interested in the relationship between translation and identity in the region, as well as fictional representations of translation.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42714821001279,"sku":"9781558614352","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b362aaea31dc8712807956473b1668ee.webp?v=1765069350","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-iliac-crest-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}