Isbn: 9781953861641 - january (33 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "Hair-raisingly good . . . the plot explodes." - Lily Meyer, The New York Review of Books"Elegant and forceful - I couldn't put it down." - Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X** ONE of THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 **A pioneering, revelatory masterpiece of modern literature that conjures the life of 16-year-old girl living on the Argentine pampas - now in English for the very first timeWith echoes of Edith Wharton's Summer, this radical feminist novel broke the silence around abortion to reshape the way women's bodies and rights were perceived in 20th-century ArgentinaPerfect for readers of Tove Ditlevsen, Annie Ernaux's Happening, and Claudia Pineiro's Elena Knows"Hair-raisingly good . . . the plot explodes." - Lily Meyer, The New York Review of Books"Elegant and forceful - I couldn't put it down." - Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X** ONE of THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 **A pioneering, revelatory masterpiece of modern literature that conjures the life of 16-year-old girl living on the Argentine pampas - now in English for the very first timeWith echoes of Edith Wharton's Summer, this radical feminist novel broke the silence around abortion to reshape the way women's bodies and rights were perceived in 20th-century ArgentinaPerfect for readers of Tove Ditlevsen, Annie Ernaux's Happening, and Claudia Pineiro's Elena KnowsA radical feminist text, January was the first Argentine novel to represent rape from the survivor's perspective and to explore the life-threatening risks pregnancy posed, in a society where abortion was both outlawed and taboo.In the sweltering Argentine pampas, all things bow to Nefer. Reeds nod when she digs her heels into her horse, unripe peaches snap and fall as she gallops past. Sickly-sweet air bends, churns in Nefer's throat.Nefer measures the distance between her body and the table, and feels something filling her up, turning against her. Her belly swells.Desperate, Nefer visits a local medicine woman who is known to perform abortions but Nefer becomes too afraid to explain why she is truly there.She attends confession at church but cannot confide in the priest. During a fierce argument with her mother, she finally blurts out her secret.With a narcotic musicality and voice scorched through with honesty, Gallardo hangs before us an experience that has been lived and ignored a thousand times over. Nefer closes her eyes. We careen to her and we see. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: Very Good. Softcover in pictorial wrappers, 114 pages. "This début novel?by an acclaimed Argentinean writer, and first published in 1958?centers on a sixteen-year-old who becomes pregnant after an assault by an older man. Setting the story in the sweltering heat of Argentina?s Pampas, Gallardo re-creates the world of ranchers and missionaries from the perspective of the girl, with her adolescent confusion and private sense of guilt. Gallardo juxtaposes her solitary desperation?she visits a local medicine woman for an abortion, and gallops recklessly on horseback to induce a miscarriage?with the conservative Catholic society that closes ranks against her." Clean, bright copy. Record # 401194. …

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Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 160 pages. Spanish language. 6.25x5.25x0.43 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 160 pages. Spanish language. 6.25x5.25x0.43 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "Hair-raisingly good . . . the plot explodes." - Lily Meyer, The New York Review of Books"Elegant and forceful - I couldn't put it down." - Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X** ONE of THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 **A pioneering, revelatory masterpiece of modern literature that conjures the life of 16-year-old girl living on the Argentine pampas - now in English for the very first timeWith echoes of Edith Wharton's Summer, this radical feminist novel broke the silence around abortion to reshape the way women's bodies and rights were perceived in 20th-century ArgentinaPerfect for readers of Tove Ditlevsen, Annie Ernaux's Happening, and Claudia Pineiro's Elena Knows"Hair-raisingly good . . . the plot explodes." - Lily Meyer, The New York Review of Books"Elegant and forceful - I couldn't put it down." - Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X** ONE of THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 **A pioneering, revelatory masterpiece of modern literature that conjures the life of 16-year-old girl living on the Argentine pampas - now in English for the very first timeWith echoes of Edith Wharton's Summer, this radical feminist novel broke the silence around abortion to reshape the way women's bodies and rights were perceived in 20th-century ArgentinaPerfect for readers of Tove Ditlevsen, Annie Ernaux's Happening, and Claudia Pineiro's Elena KnowsA radical feminist text, January was the first Argentine novel to represent rape from the survivor's perspective and to explore the life-threatening risks pregnancy posed, in a society where abortion was both outlawed and taboo.In the sweltering Argentine pampas, all things bow to Nefer. Reeds nod when she digs her heels into her horse, unripe peaches snap and fall as she gallops past. Sickly-sweet air bends, churns in Nefer's throat.Nefer measures the distance between her body and the table, and feels something filling her up, turning against her. Her belly swells.Desperate, Nefer visits a local medicine woman who is known to perform abortions but Nefer becomes too afraid to explain why she is truly there.She attends confession at church but cannot confide in the priest. During a fierce argument with her mother, she finally blurts out her secret.With a narcotic musicality and voice scorched through with honesty, Gallardo hangs before us an experience that has been lived and ignored a thousand times over. Nefer closes her eyes. We careen to her and we see. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "Hair-raisingly good . . . the plot explodes." - Lily Meyer, The New York Review of Books"Elegant and forceful - I couldn't put it down." - Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X** ONE of THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 **A pioneering, revelatory masterpiece of modern literature that conjures the life of 16-year-old girl living on the Argentine pampas - now in English for the very first timeWith echoes of Edith Wharton's Summer, this radical feminist novel broke the silence around abortion to reshape the way women's bodies and rights were perceived in 20th-century ArgentinaPerfect for readers of Tove Ditlevsen, Annie Ernaux's Happening, and Claudia Pineiro's Elena Knows"Hair-raisingly good . . . the plot explodes." - Lily Meyer, The New York Review of Books"Elegant and forceful - I couldn't put it down." - Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X** ONE of THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 **A pioneering, revelatory masterpiece of modern literature that conjures the life of 16-year-old girl living on the Argentine pampas - now in English for the very first timeWith echoes of Edith Wharton's Summer, this radical feminist novel broke the silence around abortion to reshape the way women's bodies and rights were perceived in 20th-century ArgentinaPerfect for readers of Tove Ditlevsen, Annie Ernaux's Happening, and Claudia Pineiro's Elena KnowsA radical feminist text, January was the first Argentine novel to represent rape from the survivor's perspective and to explore the life-threatening risks pregnancy posed, in a society where abortion was both outlawed and taboo.In the sweltering Argentine pampas, all things bow to Nefer. Reeds nod when she digs her heels into her horse, unripe peaches snap and fall as she gallops past. Sickly-sweet air bends, churns in Nefer's throat.Nefer measures the distance between her body and the table, and feels something filling her up, turning against her. Her belly swells.Desperate, Nefer visits a local medicine woman who is known to perform abortions but Nefer becomes too afraid to explain why she is truly there.She attends confession at church but cannot confide in the priest. During a fierce argument with her mother, she finally blurts out her secret.With a narcotic musicality and voice scorched through with honesty, Gallardo hangs before us an experience that has been lived and ignored a thousand times over. Nefer closes her eyes. We careen to her and we see. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…