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Winner of the PEN Translation Prize
“Pondering revolutionary Cuba, the Berlin Wall, and the caves of Cappadocia, these essays explore themes of memory, war, movement, and home.”-The New Yorker
“A thoughtful, roving meditation on migration, language, and home.”–Publishers Weekly
In her prize-winning debut, Mexican essayist Mariana Oliver trains her gaze on migration in its many forms, moving between real cities and other more inaccessible territories: language, memory, pain, desire, and the body. With an abiding curiosity and poetic ease, Oliver leads us through the underground city of Cappadocia, explores the vicissitudes of a Berlin marked by historical fracture, recalls a shocking childhood exodus, and recreates the intimacy of the spaces we inhabit. Blending criticism, reportage, and a travel writing all her own, Oliver presents a brilliant collection of essays that asks us what it means to leave the familiar behind and make the unfamiliar our own.
Author: Mariana Oliver
Publisher: Transit Books
Published: 6/22/2021
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.3 lbs
Size: 6.93″ H x 4.96″ L x 0.47″ W
ISBN: 9781945492525
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