The Iliac Crest by Sarah Booker (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Iliac Crest by Sarah Booker, Elena Poniatowska, Cristina Rivera-Garza A labyrinthine excavation of forgotten Mexican women writers, this Gothic novel illustrates how gendered language can wield destructive power. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description On a dark and stormy night, two mysterious women invade an unnamed narrators house, where they proceed to ruthlessly question their hosts identity. While the women are strangely intimate - even inventing a secret language - they harass the narrator by repeatedly claiming that they know his greatest secret: that he is, in fact, a woman. As the increasingly frantic protagonist fails to defend his supposed masculinity, he eventually finds himself in a sanatorium. Published for the first time in English, this is a Gothic tale of destabilised male-female binaries and subverted literary tropes. Author Biography Cristina Rivera Garza is an award-winning author, translator, and critic. Her books, originally written in Spanish, have been translated into multiple languages. She is the recipient of the Roger Caillois Award for Latin American Literature (2013), the Anna Seghers-Preis (2005), and the only two-time winner of the International Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (2001; 2009). She received her PhD in 2012 in Latin American history from the University of Houston, where she is currently Distinguished Professor in Hispanic Studies. Sarah Booker is an English-to-Spanish translator and PhD candidate at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research revolves around contemporary Latin American narratives and translation studies. She is particularly interested in the relationship between translation and identity in the region, as well as fictional representations of translation. Review "Astounding and thought-provoking." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Rivera Garzas taut language drives the mystery forward, and she plays cleverly with the literary and political histories of Mexico, the importance of queer visibility, and the silencing of female authorship. An existential gothic tale about the high stakes of understanding--and accepting--the self." --Kirkus Reviews"Enigmatic. . . . a joy to behold." --Los Angeles Review of Books "Cristina Rivera Garza fills every chapter with suspense and nonstop mystery. Nonetheless, the plot is not centered in resolving these mysteries, but rather, it provides the reader a mind-bending journey filled with symbolism and a reality that follows its own rules of logic" --Latino Book Review "One of the most fascinating novels Ive read in years--utterly weird yet deeply resonant in its portrayal of gendered violence." -- The Millions "Symbolism abounds in the book; again, there great depths one could dig through, and The Iliac Crest could easily be read over and with new discoveries. Garzas writing is gorgeous and precise, tying the various aspects of the book together into what is, at its core, a strange and unforgettable read." --The Riveter "Although modest in length, Garzas creative piece is a complex puzzle that might take multiple readings to unravel fully... Despite the novels brevity, Bookers translation makes clear the intricate and delicate poetic dance Garza crafts among the three main characters." --Shelf Awareness "The Iliac Crest carries out a sophisticated, dynamic inquiry into language, gender, and power, and leaves its readers transformed by its lyrical investigation of what it means to inhabit a body." --Music & Literature "[A] haunting, brilliant novel" --Center for the Art of Translation "It seems to contain a multitude of novels, exploring a multitude of realities, experienced simultaneously. The result is exhilarating." --The Quarterly Conversation "An intelligent, beautiful story about bodies disguised as a story about language disguised as a story about night terrors. Cristina Rivera Garza does not respect what is expected of a writer, of a novel, of language. She is an agitator." --Yuri Herrera, author of Kingdom Cons "Like the ocean itself, Cristina Rivera Garza writes a world where borders shift and dissolve. In the curves of the fantastic, the highest realism is born. This world is weird. This world is so deeply true. Reader, I love this wholly perfect book."--Samantha Hunt, author of Mr. Splitfoot "Warning: Cristina Rivera Garza is an explosive writer yet to be fully accounted for in English. She is an insubordinate stylist, a skilled creator of atmospheric and haunting language, and The Iliac Crest is a willfully queer piece where the workings of her wild imagination destabilize everything." --Lina Meruane, author of Seeing Red Review Quote "Rivera Garzas taut language drives the mystery forward, and she plays cleverly with the literary and political histories of Mexico, the importance of queer visibility, and the silencing of female authorship. An existential gothic tale about the high stakes of understanding--and accepting--the self." --Kirkus Reviews "Cristina Rivera Garza fills every chapter with suspense and nonstop mystery. Nonetheless, the plot is not centered in resolving these mysteries, but rather, it provides the reader a mind-bending journey filled with symbolism and a reality that follows its own rules of logic" --Latino Book Review "Symbolism abounds in the book; again, there great depths one could dig through, and The Iliac Crest could easily be read over and with new discoveries. Garzas writing is gorgeous and precise, tying the various aspects of the book together into what is, at its core, a strange and unforgettable read." --The Riveter "Although modest in length, Garzas creative piece is a complex puzzle that might take multiple readings to unravel fully... Despite the novels brevity, Bookers translation makes clear the intricate and delicate poetic dance Garza crafts among the three main characters." --Shelf Awareness "An intelligent, beautiful story about bodies disguised as a story about language disguised as a story about night terrors. Cristina Rivera Garza does not respect what is expected of a writer, of a novel, of language. She is an agitator." --Yuri Herrera, author of Kingdom Cons "Like the ocean itself, Cristina Rivera Garza writes a world where borders shift and dissolve. In the curves of the fantastic, the highest realism is born. This world is weird. This world is so deeply true. Reader, I love this wholly perfect book."--Samantha Hunt, author of Mr. Splitfoot "Warning: Cristina Rivera Garza is an explosive writer yet to be fully accounted for in English. She is an insubordinate stylist, a skilled creator of atmospheric and haunting language, and The Iliac Crest is a willfully queer piece where the workings of her wild imagination destabilize everything." --Lina Meruane, author of Seeing Red Competing Titles Beijing Comrades Bei Tong 9781558619074 16.95 The Feminist Press at CUNY 3/15/2016 Black Dove Ana Castillo 9781558619234 16.95 The Feminist Press at CUNY 5/10/2016 The Transmigration of Bodies Yuri Herrera 9781908276728 13.95 And Other Stories 7/5/2016 Vampire in Love Enrique Vila-Matas 9780811223461 14.95 New Directions 9/27/2016 Texas: The Great Theft Carmen Boullosa 9781941920008 15.95 Deep Vellum 12/2/2014 Description for Sales People For fans of Alejandra Pizarnik and Silvina Ocampo. Will appeal to readers especially interested in how explorations of gender and ambiguity subvert Gothic tropes. Calls for a reconsideration - both within Mexico and the wider world - of what comprises the Mexican literary canon. Details ISBN1558614354 Pages 200 Year 2017 Translator Sarah Booker ISBN-10 1558614354 ISBN-13 9781558614352 Format Paperback Media Book Language English DOI 10.1604/9781558614352 Edited by Giunta, Edvige Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New York Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2017-10-12 NZ Release Date 2017-10-12 UK Release Date 2017-10-12 Author Cristina Rivera-Garza Publisher Feminist Press at The City University of New York DEWEY FIC Audience General Publication Date 2017-10-10 US Release Date 2017-10-10 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:116993793;

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