Variations on the Body

Variations on the Body
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Publisher : Coffee House Press
Total Pages : 91
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ISBN-10 : 9781566896146
ISBN-13 : 1566896142
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Book Synopsis Variations on the Body by : María Ospina

Download or read book Variations on the Body written by María Ospina and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A constellation of short stories illustrate the intersecting lives of women on various peripheries of society in and around Bogotá, Colombia. In six subtly connected stories, Variations on the Body explores the obsessions, desires, and idiosyncrasies of women and girls from different strata of Colombian society. A former FARC guerilla fighter adjusts to urban life and faces the new violence of an editor co-opting her experiences. A woman adrift in the city she left as a child looks for someone to care for, even if it has to be by force, while another documents a flea infestation with a catalog of the marks on her flesh. A little girl copes with her anxiety about the adult world by exacting revenge on her nanny, who she thinks belongs to her. Combining humor, heartbreak, and unexpected violence, Ospina constructs a keen reflection on the body as a simultaneous vehicle of connection and alienation in vibrant, gleaming prose.


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