{"product_id":"sangre-en-el-ojo-book-lina-meruane-9789968636155","title":"Sangre en el ojo","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\u003eA 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\u003eThis 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\u003eA 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\u003eFunny 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50997189542161,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50997190099217,"sku":"NIN9789968636155","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51591879229713,"sku":"GOR012646980","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51743427297553,"sku":"CIN9968636150G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9968636150.jpg?v=1751432100","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/sangre-en-el-ojo-book-lina-meruane-9789968636155","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}