{"product_id":"la-trabajadora-the-worker-9788439728061","title":"La Trabajadora \/ La Trabajadora","description":"\u003cb\u003eLiterature is a kind of therapy. Or therapy is a kind of literature.\u003cbr\u003eThrough these two concepts, Elisa, the protagonist of this story, will try to overcome her fears, which are none other than those of cruel and strange modern life.\u003cbr\u003eThis novel, which confirms Elvira Navarro as one of the most singular voices of her generation, is perhaps one of the few in recent Spanish literature that delves into mental pathology without detaching it from the social context in which it occurs.\u003cbr\u003eElisa corrects books for a large publishing group that delays payments for months. Economic precariousness forces her to share an apartment with a strange woman with no past. A suffocating silence about what concerns the work and life of this unusual tenant leads Elisa to obsess over knowing who she is. Her questions are answered only by a series of fictions with which her flatmate sabotages any possibility of someone knowing her, or at least that's what Elisa believes, who cannot conceive that madness is a place from which one can voluntarily build oneself.\u003cbr\u003eIn these pages, illness ends up appearing as a sign of normality. After reading it, the inevitable question arises of whether, in a scenario like the current one, where common projects seem to have vanished, it is possible to live outside of the pathological and tell something that is not pathology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews: \u003c\/b\u003e Elvira Navarro's writing is reminiscent of a delicate vase that - at the slightest touch - breaks and divides, or spills into tiny fragments that we try to collect and that cut us. Seemingly cold - a work of engineering: simple form, complex content - Navarro's prose detaches itself from her characters, and it harms us. \u003ci\u003eElena Medel, Calle 20\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An admirable author in many ways. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNadal Suau, El Cultural\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Rethinks realism to subvert it, to expand its expressive possibilities, to take them to an extreme. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDamián Tabarovsky, Diario Perfil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Observation, empathy, and intuition are the weapons that the young writer uses to talk about what is hidden behind appearances, behind the established. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmma Rodríguez, El Mundo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16607369\"\u003eElvira Navarro\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Literatura Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.30h x 9.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788439728061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8439728069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Spanish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElvira Navarro\u003c\/b\u003e (Huelva, 1978) studied Philosophy at the Complutense University of Madrid. She has published two complementary books, \u003ci\u003eLa ciudad en invierno\u003c\/i\u003e (Caballo de Troya, 2007) and \u003ci\u003eLa ciudad feliz\u003c\/i\u003e (Literatura Random House, 2009), as well as the novel \u003ci\u003eLa trabajadora\u003c\/i\u003e (Literatura Random House, 2014). She is also the author of the blog \u003ci\u003ePeriferia\u003c\/i\u003e (www.madridesperiferia.blogspot.com), a \u003ci\u003ework in progress\u003c\/i\u003e about the neighborhoods of Madrid. Her work has been awarded the Jaén Novel Prize and the Tormenta Prize for best new author, and she was a finalist for the Dulce Chacón Spanish Narrative Prize. In 2010 she was included in the list of the 22 best Spanish-language narrators under thirty-five by the prestigious magazine \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2013 she was chosen as one of the Spanish voices with the greatest future by \u003ci\u003eEl Cultural\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and in 2014 the same magazine selected her work \u003ci\u003eLa trabajadora\u003c\/i\u003e among the ten best Spanish novels of the year. During 2015 she served as editor for the Caballo de Troya imprint.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Literatura Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44087349280943,"sku":"8439728069","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_790ce94e-9c5d-4e8a-a3be-d28058354acb.jpg?v=1719833952","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/la-trabajadora-the-worker-9788439728061","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}