{"product_id":"sexographies-paperback","title":"Sexographies - 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\u003eGabriela Wiener\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJennifer Adcock\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLucy Greaves\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No other writer in the Spanish-speaking world is as fiercely independent and thoroughly irreverent as Gabriela Wiener. Constantly testing the limits of genre and gender, Wiener's work ... has bravely unveiled truths some may prefer remain concealed about a range of topics, from the daily life of polymorphous desire to the tiring labor of maternity.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Cristina Rivera Garza, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Iliac Crest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn fierce and sumptuous first-person accounts, renowned Peruvian journalist Gabriela Wiener records infiltrating the most dangerous Peruvian prison, participating in sexual exchanges in swingers clubs, traveling the dark paths of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris in the company of transvestites and prostitutes, undergoing a complicated process of egg donation, and participating in a ritual of ayahuasca ingestion in the Amazon jungle--all while taking us on inward journeys that explore immigration, maternity, fear of death, ugliness, and threesomes. Fortunately, our eagle-eyed voyeur emerges from her narrative forays unscathed and ready to take on the kinks, obsessions, and messiness of our lives. \u003ci\u003eSexographies\u003c\/i\u003e is an eye-opening, kamikaze journey across the contours of the human body and mind.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabriela Wiener\u003c\/b\u003e (Lima, 1975) is author of the \u003ci\u003ecrónicas\u003c\/i\u003e collections \u003ci\u003eSexografías, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNueve Lunas, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMozart, la iguana con priapismo y otras historias\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLlamada perdida.\u003c\/i\u003e Her work also includes the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eEjercicios para el endurecimiento del espíritu\u003c\/i\u003e. Her latest book is \u003ci\u003eDicen de mí\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). She writes regularly for the newspapers \u003ci\u003eEl País\u003c\/i\u003e (Spain) and \u003ci\u003eLa República \u003c\/i\u003e(Peru). She also writes for several American and European magazines, such as \u003ci\u003eEtiqueta Negra\u003c\/i\u003e (Peru), \u003ci\u003eAnfibia\u003c\/i\u003e (Argentina), \u003ci\u003eC\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eorriere della Sera \u003c\/i\u003e(Italy), \u003ci\u003eXXI \u003c\/i\u003e(France), and \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e (United States). In Madrid, she worked as editor of the Spanish edition of \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e. She left the magazine in 2014 to work on her first novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Translators: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Greaves \u003c\/b\u003eis a literary translator and bike mechanic who lives in Bristol, UK. She enjoys the poetry of bicycles and the mechanics of language equally. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Adcock\u003c\/b\u003e is a Mexican-born, Scotland-based poet and translator working in English and Spanish. Under the pen name 'Juana Adcock, ' her work has appeared in publications such as \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMagma Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShearsman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStructo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGutter\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGlasgow Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has taken part in numerous literary festivals internationally. Her first poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eManca\u003c\/i\u003e, explores the anatomy of violence in Mexico and was named by Reforma's distinguished critic Sergio González Rodríguez as one of the best poetry books published in 2014. In 2016 she was named one of the 'Ten New Voices from Europe' by Literature Across Frontiers. Her translations include \u003ci\u003eSlim: Portrait of the World's Richest Man \u003c\/i\u003eby Diego Osorno (forthcoming, Verso Books) and \u003ci\u003eAn Orphan World\u003c\/i\u003e by Giuseppe Caputo in a co-translation with Sophie Hughes (forthcoming, Charco Press). \n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 29, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184885940473,"sku":"9781632061591","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dmRTaFRpbkl4ZG9mNzhocXpSSUdhUT09.webp?v=1767801982","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/sexographies-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}