{"product_id":"the-taiga-syndrome-paperback","title":"The Taiga Syndrome - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCristina Rivera Garza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Jill Levine\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAviva Kana\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFairy tale meets detective drama in this David Lynch-like novel by a writer Jonathan Lethem calls \"one of Mexico's greatest . . . we are just barely beginning to catch up to what she has to offer.\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A fairy tale run amok, \u003ci\u003eThe Taiga Syndrome\u003c\/i\u003e follows an unnamed Ex-Detective as she searches for a couple who has fled to the far reaches of the earth. A betrayed husband is convinced by a brief telegram that his second ex-wife wants him to track her down--that she wants to be found. He hires the Ex-Detective, who sets out with a translator into a snowy, hostile forest where strange things happen and translation betrays both sense and one's senses. Tales of Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood haunt the Ex-Detective's quest into a territory overrun with the primitive excesses of Capitalism--accumulation and expulsion, corruption and cruelty--though the lessons of her journey are more experiential than moral: that just as love can fly away, sometimes unloving flies away as well. That sometimes leaving everything behind is the only thing left to do.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCristina Rivera Garza\u003c\/b\u003e is a 2020 MacArthur \"Genius Grant\" fellow and a finalist for 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award. Her writing has been translated into English, French, Portuguese, Korean, and more. Born in Mexico in 1964, she has lived in the United States since 1989. She is Distinguished Professor in Hispanic Studies and Director of Creative Writing at the University of Houston. A collection of her short fiction, \u003ci\u003eNew and Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, will be published by Dorothy in spring 2022. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuzanne Jill Levine\u003c\/b\u003e has received many honors for her translations of Latin American literature. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eManuel Puig and the Spider Woman: His Life and Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG) and \u003ci\u003eThe Subversive Scribe: Translating Latin American Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (Dalkey Archive Press). Her editions include the Penguin Paperback Classics series of Jorge Luis Borges's essays and poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAviva Kana\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar and literary translator. Her work focuses on Latin American literature, gender, translation, and applied linguistics. Her translations have been published in \u003ci\u003eReview: Literature and Arts of the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePEN America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLatin American Literature Today, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFiction\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772781330720,"sku":"9780997366679","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a34498077bf2b4e6cebbaeb9d740a0c7.webp?v=1780414112","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-taiga-syndrome-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}