{"product_id":"seeing-red-9781941920244","title":"Seeing Red","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for the Edinburgh Book Festival First Book Award 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's \"10 Essential 21st-Century Spanish-Language Books\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEntropy Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best of 2016: Fiction Books\" selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncluded in \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e's \"75 Notable Translations of 2016\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Reviewers' Choice Selection for \"14 Favorites of 2016\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A penetrating autobiographical novel, and for English-language readers this work serves as a stunning introduction to a remarkable author.\" -- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is not a fictionalized memoir of transformation and recovery, but a book that burns in your hands, something sharp and terrifying that bites back.\" -- \u003cb\u003eAnna Zalokostas, \u003ci\u003eFull Stop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A novel of genius and disturbing intelligence.\" -- \u003cb\u003eEnrique Vila-Matas, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Illogic of Kassel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Funny and frightening, a swift meditation on vision, memory, the human soul itself. Very cinematic in its execution, bold in its content, \u003cem\u003eSeeing Red\u003cem\u003e ultimately forces us to give good thought to the great wonder and blessing that is a properly functioning body.\" -- \u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Art \u0026amp; Aesthetics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis powerful, profound autobiographical novel describes a young Chilean writer recently relocated to New York for doctoral work who suffers a stroke, leaving her blind and increasingly dependent on those closest to her. Fiction and autobiography intertwine in an intense, visceral, and caustic novel about the relation between the body, illness, science, and human relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLina Meruane \u003c\/b\u003e(b. 1970), considered the best woman author of Chile today, has won numerous prestigious international prizes, and lives in New York, where she teaches at NYU.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941920244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/21\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lina Meruane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671654396060,"sku":"9781941920244","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_605ac790-abea-4527-962a-fba31cd0b080.jpg?v=1603925932","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/seeing-red-9781941920244","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}