Terrestrial (Spanish Edition)

"To read Terrestre is to soar over breathtaking and unstable landscapes, which are also the shifting territories of memory, knowing that all paths are traveled only once and that "everything is always saying goodbye in some way or another." Here, the journey is both the link and the form, and Terrestre traverses desire, rebellion, longing, and time with resources that confront language with its political power and its abyssal intensity. What Cristina Rivera Garza does in each book is prodigious. Liliana Colanzi

Terrestre could well be defined as a book of speculative chronicles or travel accounts, in any case, of words in complete freedom. Imaginative, with daring narrative structures, Cristina Rivera Garza writes here about terrestrial journeys that take us to different places in Mexico and the world, and to different destinations of the body. On foot, by bus or by train, the young protagonists of these stories advance in step with unknown routes, inventing new ways to occupy denied and disputed spaces. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for El invencible verano de Liliana, Rivera Garza gives us an extraordinary book about friendship, youth and the power of transformation. Terrestre is a mercurial, solar book, where the journey is daring, infinite concentration.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

"To read Terrestre is to soar over surreal and unstable landscapes, which are also the shifting sands of memory, knowing that we travel all roads only once and "are forever saying goodbye in one way or another." Here, the journey serves as both the connection and the medium; Terrestre leads us through desire, rebellion, longing and time with tools that challenge language and its political implications. Cristina Rivera Garza accomplishes prodigious things in all her books." Liliana Colanzi

Terrestre is perhaps best defined as a book of speculative chronicles or travel accounts, told with complete freedom of language. Cristina Rivera Garza employs imagination and unique narrative structures to relate journeys around Mexico and the world, and to different parts of the body. On foot, by bus or train, the young protagonists of these stories travel uncharted paths, forcing them to invent new ways to occupy forbidden or disputed spaces. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Liliana's Invincible Summer, Rivera Garza gifts us an extraordinary book about friendship, youth and the power of transformation. Terrestre is mercurial and fearless.

Author: Cristina Rivera Garza
Publisher: Literatura Random House
Published: 08/19/2025
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
ISBN13: 9786073855709
ISBN10: 6073855702
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Biographical & Autofiction
- Fiction | Literary

About the Author
Cristina Rivera Garza Autora. Traductora. Crítica. Sus libros más recientes son Nadie me verá llorar (Random House, 2024), edición del 25 aniversario; El invencible verano de Liliana (Random House, 2021), que ganó el Premio Xavier Villaurrutia 2021 y, por su edición en inglés, el Pulitzer Prize 2024; Autobiografía del algodón (Random House, 2020); El mal de la taiga (Random House, 2019), cuya traducción al inglés (por Suzanne Jill Levine y Aviva Kana) recibió el Shirley Jackson Award 2018. En 2020 obtuvo la MacArthur Fellowship; y en 2021, el Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso. Es Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor en la Universidad de Houston, donde fundó el doctorado en Escritura Creativa en español.