The Iliac Crest
The Iliac Crest
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Published:
14 June, 2018
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Description
On a dark and stormy night, an unnamed narrator is visited by two women: one a former lover, the other a stranger. They ruthlessly question their host and claim to know his greatest secret: that he is, in fact, a woman. In increasingly desperate attempts to defend his masculinity, perplexed by the stranger’s dubious claims to be the writer Amparo Dávila, he finds himself spiralling deeper into a haunted past that may or may not be his own.
This surreal novel enfolds a masterful exploration of gender in taut, atmospheric mystery.
Prizes
Winner of International Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize 2001,Winner of International Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize 2009
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781911508267 |
| ISBN10 | 1911508261 |
| Number Of Pages | 136 |
| Item Weight | 164 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | And Other Stories |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
`A key work of Mexican literature.’ Elena Poniatowska ---------- `An intelligent, beautiful story about bodies disguised as a story about language disguised as a story about night terrors. Cristina Rivera Garza does not respect what is expected of a writer, of a novel, of language. She is an agitator.’ Yuri Herrera --------- `Warning: Cristina Rivera Garza is an explosive writer yet to be fully accounted for in English. An insubordinate stylist, a skilled creator of atmospheric and haunting language, The Iliac Crest is a willfully queer piece where the workings of her wild imagination destabilize everything.’ Lina Meruane ---------- `Like the ocean itself, Cristina Rivera Garza writes a world where borders shift and dissolve. In the curves of the fantastic, the highest realism is born. This world is weird. This world is so deeply true. I love this wholly perfect book.’ Samantha Hunt
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Author's Bio
Cristina Rivera Garza is an award-winning author, translator and critic, and the only two-time winner of the International Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (2001; 2009). Originally written in Spanish, her works have been translated into English, French, Italian, 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 the PhD in Creative Writing in Spanish at the University of Houston. Her novel The Illiac Crest was published by And Other Stories in 2018. Upon US Publication in 2018, The Taiga Syndrome won the 2018 Shirley Jackson Award.