The Body Where I Was Born

The Body Where I Was Born - Paperback

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The Body Where I Was Born - Paperback

The Body Where I Was Born - Paperback

by Guadalupe Nettel
$16.95
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Book Overview

The first novel to appear in English by one of the most talked-about and critically acclaimed writers of new Mexican fiction.

From a psychoanalyst's couch, the narrator looks back on her bizarre childhood. Born with an abnormality in her eye and a family intent on fixing it, she occupies a world without the time and space for innocence. The narrator intimately recalls her younger self--a fierce and discerning girl open to life's pleasures and keen to its ruthless cycle of tragedy.

With raw language and a brilliant sense of humor, both delicate and unafraid, Guadalupe Nettel strings together hard-won, unwieldy memories--taking us from Mexico City to Aix-en-Provence, France, then back home again--to create a portrait of the artist as a young girl. In The Body Where I Was Born, Nettel's artful storytelling transforms experience into inspiration and a new startling perception of reality.
ISBN9781609807511
Author Guadalupe Nettel
PublisherSeven Stories Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJuly 2017
LanguageENG- English
Pages176
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Guadalupe Nettel

Guadalupe Nettel is the author of four international-award winning novels: El hu?sped, The Body Where I was Born, After the Winter, and Still Born; and three collections of short stories. Her work has been translated into more than ten languages and has appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Granta, The White Review, and many others. She currently lives in Mexico City where she's the director of the magazine Revista de la Universidad de M?xico.

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