The Body Where I Was Born

by Nettel, Guadalupe
ISBN: 9781609807511
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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.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Nettel, Guadalupe
  • ISBN: 9781609807511
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.20 x 0.50
  • Number Of Pages: 176
  • Publication Year: 2017