Awards
- Winner of Premio Valle Inclán 2019 (UK)
Overview
Lucina, a young Chilean writer, has moved to New York to pursue an academic career. While at a party one night, something that her doctors had long warned might happen finally occurs: her eyes haemorrhage. Within minutes, blood floods her vision, reducing her sight to sketched outlines and tones of grey, rendering her all but blind. As she begins to adjust to a very different life, those who love her begin to adjust to a very different woman - one who is angry, raw, funny, sinister, sexual and dizzyingly alive.
Full Product Details
Author: Lina Meruane ,
Megan McDowell (Translator)
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Edition: Main
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.168kg
ISBN: 9781786493156
ISBN 10: 1786493152
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 03 May 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Brilliant... Heartbreaking... Raw... Sexy... Visceral... Brutal... Unflinching... Astonishing * The Scotsman * Nerve-jangling... Defiantly discomforting... Highly impressive * Daily Mail * Outstanding - complex yet graceful, gnarly yet beautiful. The best book I've read this year. -- Sara Baume, author of Spill Simmer Falter Wither A scorching examination of how being utterly dependent on someone - even someone you love - can make you a monster. * Literary Hub, 13 Translated Books by Women You Need to Read * Astonishing... Burns with vigour and urgency * Los Angeles Times * Viscous, repulsive, and beautiful * New Yorker * Stunning... Black and bitter and bloody and beautiful * The Nation *
Brilliant... Heartbreaking... Raw... Sexy... Visceral... Brutal... Unflinching... Astonishing * The Scotsman * Nerve-jangling... Defiantly discomforting... Highly impressive * Daily Mail * Outstanding - complex yet graceful, gnarly yet beautiful. The best book I've read this year. -- Sara Baume, author of Spill Simmer Falter Wither Astonishing... Burns with vigour and urgency * Los Angeles Times * Viscous, repulsive, and beautiful * New Yorker * Stunning... Black and bitter and bloody and beautiful * The Nation *
Author Information
Lina Meruane is one of the most prominent and influential female voices in Chilean contemporary literature. She received her PhD in Latin American Literature from New York University, where she currently serves as professor of World and Latin American Literature and Creative Writing. Megan McDowell's translations have been published in The New Yorker, Tin House, The Paris Review, Harper's, McSweeney's, Words Without Borders, and Vice, among others.
