{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-china-iron-paperback","title":"The Adventures of China Iron - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGabriela Cabezón Cámara\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIona MacIntyre\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eFiona Macintosh\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChina Iron reimagines Argentina's macho national origin myth from a female perspective, in a joyful, hallucinatory journey across the pampas of 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGabriela Cabezón Cámara\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Buenos Aires in 1968. Her debut novel \u003cem\u003eLa virgen cabeza\u003c\/em\u003e (published in English as Slum Virgin by Charco Press, 2017) was followed by \u003cem\u003eRomance de la negra rubia\u003c\/em\u003e (Romance of the Black Blonde, 2014) as well as by two collections of short stories. In 2011 she published the novella \u003cem\u003eLe viste la cara a Dios\u003c\/em\u003e (You've Seen God's Face), later republished as a graphic novel, \u003cem\u003eBeya\u003c\/em\u003e (Biutiful), illustrated by Iñaki Echeverría. \u003cem\u003eBeya\u003c\/em\u003e was awarded the Argentine Senate's Alfredo Palacios Prize and was recognised by the Buenos Aires City Council and the Congress of Buenos Aires Province for its social and cultural significance as well as for its contribution in the fight against human trafficking. During 2013, she was writer-in-residence at UC Berkeley, and in 2019 she was part of the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIona Macintyre\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Iona's teaching and research has focused on nineteenth-century Spanish American history and culture. Within this area she works primarily on Argentina, history of the book, translation studies, gender studies and transatlantic relations. She has also published on the contemporary fiction of Jorge Accame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFiona Mackintosh\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in Latin American Literature at the University of Edinburgh with research interests in gender studies, comparative literature and literary translation. Fiona specialises in Argentinian fiction and poetry and has published extensively on Alejandra Pizarnik and Silvina Ocampo in particular, as well as on contemporary authors. She has translated Luisa Valenzuela's \u003cem\u003eThe Other Book\u003c\/em\u003e for \u003cem\u003eBomb\u003c\/em\u003e magazine and selected poems by Esteban Peicovich for In Other Words. She is currently writing a book on the novels of Claudia Piñeiro.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Booker International Prize (2020)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769011568928,"sku":"9781916465664","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ab202bfe62b29903732d72b1cbc9c2e3.webp?v=1780341081","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-adventures-of-china-iron-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}