The body where I was born
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New York : Seven Stories Press, 2015.
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9781609805265, 1609805267
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New York : Seven Stories Press, 2015.
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175 pages ; 22 cm
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English
ISBN
9781609805265, 1609805267

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"First English-language edition" -- Verso title page.
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Originally published as El cuerpo en que nací. Barcelona : Editorial Anagrama, 2011.
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"The first novel to appear in English by one of the most talked-about and critically acclaimed writers of new Mexican fiction. From a psychoanalyst's couch, the narrator looks back on her bizarre childhood--in which she was born with an abnormality in her eye into a family intent on fixing it. In a world without the time and space for innocence, the narrator intimately recalls her younger self--a fierce and discerning girl open to life's pleasures and keen to its ruthless cycle of tragedy. With raw language and a brilliant sense of humor, both delicate and unafraid, Nettel strings together hard-won, unwieldy memories--taking us from Mexico City to Aix-en-Provence, France, then back home again--to create a portrait of the artist as a young girl. In these pages, Nettel's art of storytelling transforms experience into inspiration and a new startling perception of reality. "Nettel's eye...gives rise to a tension, subtle but persistent, that immerses us in an uncomfortable reality, disquieting, even disturbing--a gaze that illuminates her prose like an alien sun shining down on our world." --Valeria Luiselli, author of Sidewalks and Faces in the Crowd "It has been a long time since I've found in the literature of my generation a world as personal and untransferable as that of Guadalupe Nettel." --Juan Gabriel Vasquez, author of The Sound of Things Falling "Nettel reveals the subliminal beauty within beings...and painstakingly examines the intimacies of her soul." --Magazine Litteraire "Guadalupe Nettel's storytelling power is majestic."--Typographical Era In Praise of Natural Histories "Five flawless stories..." --The New York Times "Nettel's stories are as atmospheric and emotionally battering as Checkhov's."--Asymptote"--,Provided by publisher.
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"From a psychoanalyst's couch, the narrator looks back on her bizarre childhood--in which she was born with a birth defect into a family intent on fixing it--having somehow survived the emotional havoc she went through. And survive she did, but not unscathed. This intimate narrative echoes the voice of the narrator's younger self: a sharp, sensitive girl who is keen to life's gifts and hardships. With bare language and smart humor, both delicate and unafraid, the narrator strings a strand of touching stories together in a portrait of an unconventional childhood that crushed her, scarred her, mended her, tore her apart and ultimately made her whole"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Nettel, G., & Lichtenstein, J. T. (2015). The body where I was born (A Seven Stories Press first edition.). Seven Stories Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Nettel, Guadalupe, 1973- and J. T. Lichtenstein. 2015. The Body Where I Was Born. Seven Stories Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Nettel, Guadalupe, 1973- and J. T. Lichtenstein. The Body Where I Was Born Seven Stories Press, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Nettel, Guadalupe, and J. T. Lichtenstein. The Body Where I Was Born A Seven Stories Press first edition., Seven Stories Press, 2015.

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