{"product_id":"the-body-where-i-was-born-9781609807511","title":"The Body Where I Was Born","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first novel to appear in English by one of the most talked-about and critically acclaimed writers of new Mexican fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a psychoanalyst's couch, the narrator looks back on her bizarre childhood. Born with an abnormality in her eye and a family intent on fixing it, she occupies a world without the time and space for innocence. The narrator intimately recalls her younger self--a fierce and discerning girl open to life's pleasures and keen to its ruthless cycle of tragedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith raw language and a brilliant sense of humor, both delicate and unafraid, Guadalupe Nettel strings together hard-won, unwieldy memories--taking us from Mexico City to Aix-en-Provence, France, then back home again--to create a portrait of the artist as a young girl. In \u003ci\u003eThe Body Where I Was Born\u003c\/i\u003e, Nettel's artful storytelling transforms experience into inspiration and a new startling perception of reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16596570\"\u003eGuadalupe Nettel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609807511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609807510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC056000\"\u003eHispanic \u0026amp; Latino | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC041000\"\u003eBiographical \u0026amp; Autofiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e described GUADALUPE NETTEL's acclaimed English language debut collection, \u003ci\u003eNatural Histories \u003c\/i\u003e(Seven Stories, 2014), as \"five flawless stories.\" A Bogotá 39 author and \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Untranslated Writer,\" Nettel has received numerous prestigious awards, including the 2023 El Grand Balam Literary Prize \"for her intimate psychological explorations of individuals marginalized from themselves by an often cruel, inexplicable, and wondrous world,\" the Gilberto Owen National Literature Prize, the Antonin Artaud Prize, the Ribera del Duero Short Fiction Award, and the 2014 Herralde Novel Prize. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eStill Born\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury), was shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize. In 2015 Seven Stories published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Body Where I Was Born\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2018 her second novel, \u003ci\u003eAfter the Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Coffee House Press. Nettel lives and works in Mexico City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44412991013003,"sku":"9781609807511","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_14bca65f-b7b9-4309-b32e-b54047a050d8.jpg?v=1761235949","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-body-where-i-was-born-9781609807511","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}