The Body Where I Was Born -- Guadalupe Nettel, Paperback
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.
Author: Guadalupe Nettel
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 7/25/2017
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.4 lbs
Size: 8.2" H x 5.4" L x 0.5" W
ISBN: 9781609807511
