العربية
  • Free & Easy Returns
  • Best Deals
العربية
loader
Wishlist
wishlist
Cart
cart

Two Lines Press Nigra: An Essay on Pregnancy and Earthquakes

Sorry! This product is not available.
1
Available Soon
Overview
Specifications
PublisherTwo Lines Press
ISBN 139781949641585
ISBN 101949641589
AuthorJazmina Barrera
Book FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Book Description"Eminently worthy of acclaim." -Vogue (The Best Books of 2022 So Far)An intimate exploration of motherhood, Linea Nigra approaches the worries and joys of childbearing from a diverse range of inspir
About the AuthorJazmina Barrera was born in Mexico City in 1988. She was a fellow at the Foundation for Mexican Letters. Her book of essays Cuerpo extraño (Foreign Body) was awarded the Latin American Voices prize from Literal Publishing in 2013. In 2020, Two Lines Press published her On Lighthouses in a translation from Christina MacSweeney. She has also published work in various print and digital media, such as Nexos, Este País, Dossier, Vice, El Malpensante, Letras Libres and Tierra Adentro. She has a Master's Degree in Creative Writing in Spanish from New York University, which she completed with the support of a Fulbright grant. She was a grantee of the Young Creators program at FONCA. She is editor and co-founder of Ediciones Antílope. She lives in Mexico City.Christina MacSweeney received the 2016 Valle Inclan prize for her translation of Valeria Luiselli's The Story of My Teeth, and Among Strange Victims by Daniel Saldaña París was a finalist in the 2017 Best Translated Book Award. Among the other authors she has translated are: Elvira Navarro (A Working Woman, Rabbit Island), Verónica Gerber Bicecci (Empty Set, Palabras migrantes/Migrant Words), and Julián Herbert (Tomb Song, The House of the Pain of Others).
Publication Date7 November 2023
Number of Pages184 pages

Two Lines Press Nigra: An Essay on Pregnancy and Earthquakes

Added to cartatc
Cart Total EGP 0.00
Loading