The simple art of killing a woman
(Book)
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Author
Contributors
Lewis, Sophie, translator.
Published
New York : Restless Books, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First Restless Books paperback edition
Status
Sequim - New Books - Fiction - New Books Shelves
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Published
New York : Restless Books, 2023.
Edition
First Restless Books paperback edition
Physical Desc
254 pages : map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Originally published as Mulheres empilhadas by Leya, Rio de Janerio, 2019" -- title page verso
Description
"The Simple Art of Killing a Woman vividly conjures the epidemic of femicide in Brazil, the power women can hold in the face of overwhelming male violence, the resilience of community despite state-sponsored degradation, and the potential of the jungle to save us all. To escape her newly aggressive lover, a young lawyer accepts an assignment in the Amazonian border town of Cruzeiro do Sul. There, she meets Carla, a local prosecutor, and Marcos, the son of an indigenous woman, and learns about the rampant attacks on the region's women, which have grown so commonplace that the cases quickly fill her large notebook. What she finds in the jungle is not only persistent racism, patriarchy, and deforestation, but a deep longing for answers to her enigmatic past. Through the ritual use of ayahuasca, she meets a chorus of Icamiabas, warrior women bent on vengeance--and gradually, she recovers the details of her own mother's early death." --,Provided by publisher.
Language
In English, translated from the Portuguese.