Name: Jaguars'Tomb
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Author: Angélica Gorodischer
ISBN: 9780826501400

Type

Physical Book

Author

Angélica Gorodischer

Translated by

Amalia Gladhart

Publisher

Vanderbilt University Press

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

246

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.5 cm

Weight

0.33 kg.

ISBN13

9780826501400

Synopsis "Jaguars'Tomb "

Jaguars' Tomb is a novel in three parts, written by three interconnected characters. Part one, "Hidden Variables" by María Celina Igarzábal, is narrated by Bruno Seguer. Seguer in turn is the author of the second part, "Recounting from Zero" ("Contar desde zero"), in which Evelynne Harrington, author of the third, is a central character. Harrington, finally, is the author of "Uncertainty" ("La incertidumbre"), whose protagonist is the dying Igarzábal. Each of the three parts revolves around the octagonal room that is alternately the jaguars' tomb, the central space of the torture center, and the heart of an abandoned house that hides an adulterous affair. The novel, by Argentine author Angélica Gorodischer, is both an intriguing puzzle and a meditation on how to write about, or through, violence, injustice, and loss. Among Gorodischer's many novels, Jaguars' Tomb most directly addresses the abductions and disappearances that occurred under the Argentine military dictatorship of 1976-83. This is the fourth of Gorodischer's books translated into English. The first, Kalpa Imperial--translated by Ursula Le Guin--was selected for the New York Times summer reading list in 2003.

Angélica Gorodischer

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Angélica Gorodischer is a storyteller. She wrote numerous books, among which are Mango Juice (1988), The Night of the Innocent (1996), How to Succeed in Life (1998), Mint (2000), Imperial Kalpa (2001), Everywhere (2003), Story of My Mother (2004), Jaguar's Tomb (2005), The Darkroom (2009) and Corkscrew (2011). She received, among others, the Konex Platinum Award, Emecé (for her novel Alabaster Vases, Bokhara Carpets, published in 1985), Más Allá, Esteban Echeverría and Dignity, awarded by the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights for her work in favor of women's rights. In 2011, in the United States, she was awarded the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement. Her stories are featured in anthologies in the country and abroad. She has been translated into German, English, French, Italian, Russian, Czech, and Portuguese.

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