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Nervous System

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From the celebrated writer Lina Meruane comes an electric novel of systems: those that keep the body alive, those that keep families together, those that govern the world around us and those that spin planets on their axes, out in the cosmic dark.

About the author

Lina Meruane is one of the most prominent and influential female voices in Chilean contemporary literature. She received her PhD in Latin American Literature from New York University, where she currently serves as professor of World and Latin American Literature and Creative Writing.

Megan McDowell's translations have been published in The New Yorker, Tin House, The Paris Review, Harper's, McSweeney's, Words Without Borders, and Vice, among others. Her translations have been nominated for the Booker International Prize.

Summary

From the celebrated writer Lina Meruane comes an electric novel of systems: those that keep the body alive, those that keep families together, those that govern the world around us and those that spin planets on their axes, out in the cosmic dark.

Foreword

From the celebrated writer Lina Meruane comes an electric novel of systems: those that keep the body alive, those that keep families together, those that govern the world around us and those that spin planets on their axes, out in the cosmic dark.

Product details

Authors Lina Meruane, Meruane Lina
Publisher Atlantic Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 03.02.2022
 
EAN 9781786499493
ISBN 978-1-78649-949-3
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Medical, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Hispanic & Latino, Narrative theme: Interior life, Fiction: general and literary, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people

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