Description
On a dark and stormy night, an unnamed narrator is visited by two women: one a former lover, the other a stranger. They ruthlessly question their host and claim to know his greatest secret: that he is, in fact, a woman. In increasingly desperate attempts to defend his masculinity, perplexed by the stranger's dubious claims to be the writer Amparo Davila, he finds himself spiralling deeper into a haunted past that may or may not be his own. This surreal novel enfolds a masterful exploration of gender in taut, atmospheric mystery.
About the Author
Cristina Rivera Garza is an award-winning author, translator and critic, and the only two-time winner of the International Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize (2001; 2009). She is currently Distinguished Professor in Hispanic Studies at the University of Houston. ---------- Sarah Booker is a Spanish-to-English translator and a PhD candidate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Reviews
`A key work of Mexican literature.' Elena Poniatowska ---------- `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 --------- `Warning: Cristina Rivera Garza is an explosive writer yet to be fully accounted for in English. An insubordinate stylist, a skilled creator of atmospheric and haunting language, The Iliac Crest is a willfully queer piece where the workings of her wild imagination destabilize everything.' Lina Meruane ---------- `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. I love this wholly perfect book.' Samantha Hunt
Awards
Winner of International Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize 2001 and International Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize 2009.
Book Information
ISBN 9781911508267
Author Cristina Rivera-Garza
Format Paperback
Page Count 136
Imprint And Other Stories
Publisher And Other Stories
About the Author
Cristina Rivera Garza is an award-winning author, translator and critic, and the only two-time winner of the International Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize (2001; 2009). She is currently Distinguished Professor in Hispanic Studies at the University of Houston. ---------- Sarah Booker is a Spanish-to-English translator and a PhD candidate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Reviews
`A key work of Mexican literature.' Elena Poniatowska ---------- `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 --------- `Warning: Cristina Rivera Garza is an explosive writer yet to be fully accounted for in English. An insubordinate stylist, a skilled creator of atmospheric and haunting language, The Iliac Crest is a willfully queer piece where the workings of her wild imagination destabilize everything.' Lina Meruane ---------- `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. I love this wholly perfect book.' Samantha Hunt
Awards
Winner of International Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize 2001 and International Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize 2009.
Book Information
ISBN 9781911508267
Author Cristina Rivera-Garza
Format Paperback
Page Count 136
Imprint And Other Stories
Publisher And Other Stories
