Description
Jaguars' Tomb is a novel in three parts, written by three interconnected characters. Part one, "Hidden Variables" by MarIa Celina IgarzAbal, 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 IgarzAbal. 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 AngElica 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.
About the Author
AngElica Gorodischer is the Argentine author of seventeen novels and several story collections. Gorodischer's literary awards include the Gilgamesh Prize; the Platinum Konex; the Dignity Award from the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights; the Silvina Bullrich Award from the Argentina Writers' Society; and the Esteban EcheverrIa Award from Gente de Letras, Argentina. Her work has previously been translated into English by Ursula K. Le Guin, Sue Burke, and Amalia Gladhart.
Amalia Gladhart is a professor of Spanish at the University of Oregon.
Reviews
One of the highest points of Gorodischer's poetic art." -Book Radar
The whole novel can only be read as a poetic of writing, an institutional attempt to create a new world." -AdriAn Ferrero, National University of La Plata
Book Information
ISBN 9780826501400
Author Angelica Gorodischer
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Vanderbilt University Press
Publisher Vanderbilt University Press
Weight(grams) 330g
The novel, by Argentine author AngElica 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.
About the Author
AngElica Gorodischer is the Argentine author of seventeen novels and several story collections. Gorodischer's literary awards include the Gilgamesh Prize; the Platinum Konex; the Dignity Award from the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights; the Silvina Bullrich Award from the Argentina Writers' Society; and the Esteban EcheverrIa Award from Gente de Letras, Argentina. Her work has previously been translated into English by Ursula K. Le Guin, Sue Burke, and Amalia Gladhart.
Amalia Gladhart is a professor of Spanish at the University of Oregon.
Reviews
One of the highest points of Gorodischer's poetic art." -Book Radar
The whole novel can only be read as a poetic of writing, an institutional attempt to create a new world." -AdriAn Ferrero, National University of La Plata
Book Information
ISBN 9780826501400
Author Angelica Gorodischer
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Vanderbilt University Press
Publisher Vanderbilt University Press
Weight(grams) 330g
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