Cristina Rivera Garza

The Taiga Syndrome

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A fairy tale run amok, The Taiga Syndrome follows an unnamed Ex-Detective as she searches for a couple that has fled to the far reaches of the Earth. A betrayed husband is convinced by a brief telegram that his second ex-wife wants him to track her down - that she wants to be found. He hires the Ex-Detective, who sets out with a translator into a snowy, hostile forest where strange things happen and translation serves to betray both sense and the senses. The stories of Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood haunt the Ex-Detective's quest. As she enters a territory overrun with the primitive excesses of capitalism - accumulation and expu… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Jill Levine, Suzanne (Übers.) / Kana, Aviva (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-1-911508-69-4
EAN: 9781911508694
Produktnummer: 32202450
Verlag: And Other Stories Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 128 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'927 KB

Über den Autor

Cristina Rivera Garza is an award-winning author, translator and critic and the only two-time winner of the International Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (2001; 2009). Originally written in Spanish, her works have been translated into English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, and more. Born in Mexico in 1964, she has lived in the United States since 1989. She is Distinguished Professor in Hispanic Studies and Director of Creative Writing at the University of Houston. Her novel The Iliac Crest was published by And Other Stories in 2018.