{"product_id":"la-reina-de-espadas-queen-of-spades-9788426430779","title":"La Reina de Espadas \/ Reina de Picas","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the most evocative authors in Spanish-language literature, winner of the Latin American Voices Prize, recreates the life and character of the seminal twentieth-century writer Elena Garro.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e«Anyone who reads this precious book, I assure you, will fall in love with both. --Margarita García Robayo\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As I read, I have the sensation I get from the literature I enjoy the most. It's like looking through a window and suddenly noticing my own reflection in the glass, like a ghost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book shows us an Elena Garro only her closest friends knew. An Elena who is human and, therefore, multifaceted and fallible. For this masterful portrait, Jazmina Barrera mines Garro's personal writings rigorously and with a sense of humor, combining insights from excerpts of her works, diaries, letters and interviews with quotes from documentaries, the Elena Garro Papers in the Princeton University archives, and even tarot, I Ching and astrology readings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eQueen of Spades\u003c\/i\u003e showcases Garro's unique way of inhabiting the world and the insights she contributed to it via her many obsessions: time, catastrophe, cats, peasant struggles, stagecraft and travel. Readers will find no judgments or certainties here, only a chameleon-like personality that sees the world through an intense, feminist and intelligent lens and evolves according to its findings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thanks to Jazmina Barrera's keen observations, nourished by her infinite curiosity and prodigious memory, we are treated to a series of freeze frames of one of the great authors of the twentieth century, by a writer well on her way to joining those ranks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14257595\"\u003eJazmina Barrera\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lumen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788426430779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8426430775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Spanish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO002030\"\u003eHispanic \u0026amp; Latino\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJazmina Barrera\u003c\/b\u003e (Mexico City, 1988) was a fellow of the Foundation for Mexican Letters and a beneficiary of the Casa Estudio Cien Años de Soledad residencies. She was a fellow of the Fonca Young Creators program and is a member of the National System of Art Creators. She earned her Master's in Creative Writing in Spanish at NYU with the support of a Fullbright scholarship. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eCuerpo extraño\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCuaderno de faros, Linea nigra\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos nombres de los animales\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePunto de Cruz\u003c\/i\u003e. Her first essay collection won the Latin American Voices 2013 award. \u003ci\u003eLinea nigra\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the CANIEM Book of the Year award, the Primera Novela award, the National Book Critics Circle's Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Autobiography Prize. \u003ci\u003eCuaderno de faros\u003c\/i\u003e was part of the longlist for the Von Rezzori award. Her works have been published in nine countries and translated into English, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and French. She is a founding partner of Ediciones Antílope. She lives in Mexico City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lumen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45787272839343,"sku":"9788426430779","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_7a6f9bf9-58b3-4d93-bc4e-6c55526bc489.jpg?v=1755690566","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/la-reina-de-espadas-queen-of-spades-9788426430779","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}