{"product_id":"cautery-paperback","title":"Cautery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuc?a Lijtmaer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMaureen Shaughnessy\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFantasies, or are they premonitions, of a great wave, an impending apocalypse, threaten to swamp a young woman trapped in a slowly curdling relationship. From the outside it all looks good--the casually elegant apartment, the cocktail parties, the impressive, creative friends--but for all her supposed freedom, her unhappiness means she's not living up to her side of the bargain. Why, everyone asks, is this not enough?Four hundred years earlier, formidable, irascible Deborah Moody marries, is disappointed, is widowed, loses a child, loses everything, and flees England for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She finds her fortune there, but if relying on a husband proved a mistake, independence doesn't mean freedom from the dangerous vanities of men.Funny, cutting, and a savage indictment of the cheap consolations of meme-ified faux feminism, misplaced solidarity, and sacrifices for the supposed greater good, \u003cem\u003eCautery\u003c\/em\u003e offers us two women (one based on a historical figure, one imagined) who share a final vision of true happiness--burning it all down and beginning again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuc?a Lijtmaer\u003c\/strong\u003e (Buenos Aires, 1977) grew up in Barcelona. She is a writer and cultural critic. She has published the chronicles \u003cem\u003eQuiero los secretos del Pent?gono\u003c\/em\u003e (I Want the Pentagon's Secrets) (2015), \u003cem\u003eCasi nada que ponerte\u003c\/em\u003e (Hardly Anything to Wear) (2016) and the essays \u003cem\u003eYo tambi?n soy una chica lista\u003c\/em\u003e (I'm a Smart Girl, Too) (2017), \u003cem\u003eCultura en Tensi?n\u003c\/em\u003e (Culture in Tension) (2016) and \u003cem\u003eOfendiditos, la criminalizaci?n de la protesta\u003c\/em\u003e (Offended: the Criminalization of Protest) (2019). She regularly writes for \u003cem\u003eEl Pa?s\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEl Peri?dico de Catalunya, \u003c\/em\u003e and collaborates with RAC1. She's the curator of the festival of guerrilla and feminist culture 'Princesses and DarthVaders', and together with Isa Calder?n, she codirects the cultural podcast 'Deforme Semanal' on Radio Primavera Sound, winner of the 2021 Ondas Award for Best Podcast and of the 2022 Ondas Globales Prize for the Podcast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaureen Shaughnessy\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and translator from Spanish. Her published translations include works by Bel?n L?pez Peir?, Sara Gallardo, Hebe Uhart, and Nurit Kasztelan. Her translations have been featured in \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review, Brick\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today, LALT, AGNI, WWB\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/em\u003e . In 2023, her translation of L?pez Peir?'s \u003cem\u003eWhy Did You Come Back Every Summer\u003c\/em\u003e received an English PEN Translates Award. Raised in Oregon, she now lives in Bariloche, Argentina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264206094585,"sku":"9781917260060","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WI4_mJ8kcN9781917260060.webp?v=1768828078","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/cautery-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}