Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel (English) Paperback Book

Description: Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, Rosalind Harvey Still Born, Guadalupe Nettels fourth novel, treats one of the most consequential decisions of early adulthood - whether or not to have children - with the intelligence and originality that have won her international acclaim. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize.Alina and Laura are independent and career-driven women in their mid-thirties, neither of whom have built their future around the prospect of a family. Laura has taken the drastic decision to be sterilized, but as time goes by Alina becomes drawn to the idea of becoming a mother. When Alinas daughter survives childbirth - after a diagnosis that predicted the opposite - and Laura becomes attached to her neighbours son, both women are forced to reckon with the complexity of their emotions.In prose that is as gripping as it is insightful, Guadalupe Nettel explores maternal ambivalence with a surgeons touch, carefully dissecting the contradictions that make up the lived experiences of women. Author Biography Guadalupe Nettel was born in Mexico in 1973 and grew up between Mexico and France. She is the author of the international-award winning novels El husped (2006), The Body Where I was Born (2011), After the Winter (2014, Herralde Novel Prize) and Still Born (2020) and three collections of short stories, all published by Anagrama, the most prestigious of all Spanish-language publishing houses. Her work has been translated into more than ten languages and has appeared in publications such as Granta, The White Review, El Pas, the New York Times, La Repubblica and La Stampa. She currently lives in Mexico City where shes the director of the magazine Revista de la Universidad de Mxico. Review Nettel is one of the leading lights in contemporary Latin American literature. ... I envy how naturally she makes use oflanguage; her resistance to ornamentation and artifice; and the almost stoic fortitude with which she dispenses her profoundand penetrating knowledge of human nature.- Valeria Luiselli, author of Lost Children ArchiveI love the work of Guadalupe Nettel, one of Mexicos greatest living writers. Her fiction is brilliant and original, alwayssuffused with sensuality and strange science.- Paul Theroux, author of The Mosquito CoastNettel is free. She has succeeded in creating an audacious narrative style all her own, a singular and fearless way of being inthe world. An essential voice of the new Latin American literature.- Enrique Vila-Matas, author of Macs Problem Long Description Still Born , Guadalupe Nettels fourth novel, treats one of the most consequential decisions of early adulthood - whether or not to have children - with the intelligence and originality that have won her international acclaim. Alina and Laura are independent and career-driven women in their mid-thirties, neither of whom have built their future around the prospect of a family. Laura has taken the drastic decision to be sterilized, but as time goes by Alina becomes drawn to the idea of becoming a mother. When Alinas daughter survives childbirth - after a diagnosis that predicted the opposite - and Laura becomes attached to her neighbours son, both women are forced to reckon with the complexity of their emotions. In prose that is as gripping as it is insightful, Guadalupe Nettel explores maternal ambivalence with a surgeons touch, carefully dissecting the contradictions that make up the lived experiences of women. Review Text Nettel is one of the leading lights in contemporary Latin American literature. ... I envy how naturally she makes use of language; her resistance to ornamentation and artifice; and the almost stoic fortitude with which she dispenses her profound and penetrating knowledge of human nature. - Valeria Luiselli, author of Lost Children Archive I love the work of Guadalupe Nettel, one of Mexicos greatest living writers. Her fiction is brilliant and original, always suffused with sensuality and strange science. - Paul Theroux, author of The Mosquito Coast Nettel is free. She has succeeded in creating an audacious narrative style all her own, a singular and fearless way of being in the world. An essential voice of the new Latin American literature. - Enrique Vila-Matas, author of Macs Problem Description for Sales People MOTHERHOOD: A nuanced explorations of motherhood that is an excellent addition to a growing canon of writing that includes Sheila Hetis Motherhood, Jessie Greengrasss Sight, Ariana Harwiczs Die, My Love, Rachel Cusks A Life Work, Rivka Galchens Little Labors and Jacqueline Roses Mothers.TRANSLATED LITERATURE: Still Born will appeal to fans of literature in translation, readers of Asymptote, Guernica, Words Without Borders, World Literature Today, and in particular fans of Latin American and Mexican literature and fans of Valeria Luiselli, Samanta Schweblin, Brenda Lozano, Alejandro Zambra and Juli Details ISBN1913097668 Publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1913097668 ISBN-13 9781913097660 Format Paperback Imprint Fitzcarraldo Editions Pages 200 Publication Date 2022-06-22 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Spanish AU Release Date 2022-06-22 UK Release Date 2022-06-22 Author Rosalind Harvey Translator Rosalind Harvey Alternative 9781913097677 DEWEY 863.7 Audience General NZ Release Date 2022-08-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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