Variations on the body /
In six subtly connected stories, Variations on the Body explores the obsessions, desires and idiosyncrasies of women and girls from different strata of Colombian society. A former FARC guerilla fighter adjusts to urban life and faces the new violence of an editor coopting her experiences. A woman ad...
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| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
Coffee House Press,
2021.
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| Summary: | In six subtly connected stories, Variations on the Body explores the obsessions, desires and idiosyncrasies of women and girls from different strata of Colombian society. A former FARC guerilla fighter adjusts to urban life and faces the new violence of an editor coopting her experiences. A woman adrift in the city she left as a child looks for someone to care for, even if it has to be by force, while another documents a flea infestation with a catalog of the marks on her flesh. A little girl copes with her anxiety about the adult world by exacting revenge on her nanny, who she thinks belongs to her. Combining humor, heartbreak and unexpected violence, Ospina constructs a keen reflection on the body as a simultaneous vehicle of connection and alienation in vibrant, gleaming prose. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in Spanish as Azares del cuerpo (Bogotá: Laguna Libros, 2017)"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 113 pages : portraits ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781566896108 156689610X |