{"product_id":"otilias-body-a-novel-paperback-softback-9780292727700","title":"Otilia's Body; A Novel (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292727700","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOtilia's Body\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSergio Galindo (Author), Carolyn Brushwood (Translated by), John S. Brushwood (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292727700\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 October 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e235 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom reviews of the Spanish edition:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"...among the best works that Mexican fiction has produced.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-HÉctor Gally, SÁbado\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"With homely features, but with a body so shapely and exciting that it sets men (priests included) aflame throughout the novel, with an incandescent voluptuousness and delightful amorality (surely explosive in the conservative Mexican society of her time and place) ...\u003ci\u003eOtilia Rauda\u003c\/i\u003e could be the protagonist of a Greek tragedy or of a soap opera made of improbable happenings and as many turns of fate as there are chapters used to tell the story of her life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Jorge Ruffinelli, \u003ci\u003ePunto y Aparte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of Mexico's prestigious Xavier Villaurrutia prize in 1986, \u003ci\u003eOtilia Rauda\u003c\/i\u003e is here translated into English for the first time as \u003ci\u003eOtilia's Body.\u003c\/i\u003e Widely considered Sergio Galindo's best work, the novel dramatizes a sexually liberated woman's obsession with an outlaw lover, played against the backdrop of Mexican history from 1910 to 1940. A fine example of \"intimist\" fiction, \u003ci\u003eOtilia's Body\u003c\/i\u003e is noteworthy for its penetratingly described characters who transcend time and place to become universally recognizable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Setting of the Novel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Part: The Encounters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecond Part: RubÉ\u003cbr\u003en Lazcano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThird Part: Melquiades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52713143992600,"sku":"9780292727700","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/otilias-body-a-novel-paperback-softback-9780292727700","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}