{"product_id":"the-naked-woman-paperback","title":"The Naked Woman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArmonía Somers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKit Maude\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eElena Chavez Goycochea\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA woman's feminist awakening drives a hypocritical village to madness in rural Uruguay in this \"wild, brutal paean to freedom\" (NPR.org). \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the National Translation Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Somers' feminism is profound, and complicated.\" --NPR.org \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A surreal, nightmarish book about women's struggle for autonomy--and how that struggle is (always, inevitably) met with violence.\" --Carmen Maria Machado, author of \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eThe Naked Woman\u003c\/i\u003e was originally published in 1950, critics doubted a woman writer could be responsible for its shocking erotic content. In this searing critique of Enlightenment values, fantastic themes are juxtaposed with brutal depictions of misogyny and violence, and frantically build to a fiery conclusion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinally available to an English-speaking audience, Armonía Somers will resonate with readers of Clarice Lispector, Djuna Barnes, and Leonora Carrington.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1941, Armonía Somers was a Uruguayan feminist, pedagogue, novelist, and short story writer. Though considered to be part of the literary generation of 1945 in Uruguay, her style and use of a pseudonym set her apart. She passed away in May 1994. \u003cem\u003eThe Naked Woman \u003c\/em\u003eis her first novel translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKit Maude is a Spanish-to-English translator based in Buenos Aires. His translations of stories by Latin American authors have been featured in \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Literary Review, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Short Story Project\u003c\/em\u003e, among other publications. He writes reviews for \u003cem\u003eÑ\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOtra Parte\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElena Chavez Goycochea is a PhD candidate in Latin-American, Iberian and Latino Cultures at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Her research interests include Latin-American and Caribbean women's writing, contemporary Afro-Brazilian literature, and literatures from transitional periods. She teaches at the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures at City College of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769915080992,"sku":"9781936932436","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c3c72d643f44eb425f0d3002366dd7f7.webp?v=1780359699","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-naked-woman-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}