{"product_id":"imminence-paperback","title":"Imminence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMariana Dimópulos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlice Whitmore\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Playful on the surface, dark and disturbing in its depths.\"--J.M. Coetzee, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wonderfully atmospheric and evocative, Dimópulos's latest is exceedingly satisfying.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, Starred Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new mother holds her month-old son for the first time, but her body betrays her with an absence of feeling. Disoriented, she wanders with her partner around their plant-filled Buenos Aires apartment. Set over the course of an evening, and a lifetime, \u003ci\u003eImminence\u003c\/i\u003e shifts seamlessly between the present and the past. Little by little, her world begins to unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a dreamlike space composed of overlapping vignettes, Irina retraces the mirrored paths of a life filled with images that swell and recede, recalling the intimacies and anxieties she has shared with her female friends, and with her male lovers: Pedro, Ivan, and the sinister Cousin. Feeling herself caught in a web of obligations, she insists time and again: \"I'm not a woman.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMariana Dimópulos's mesmerising novel reinforces her standing as one of the most expressive and inventive of contemporary Latin American writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMariana Dimópulos\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Buenos Aires in 1973. She studied literature at the University of Buenos Aires and philosophy at the University of Heidelberg. She is the author of three novels, including \u003ci\u003eAll My Goodbyes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eImminence\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as short stories and non-fiction, including a critical study on the work of Walter Benjamin. She is a translator from German and English into Spanish, and teaches at the University of Buenos Aires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Whitmore\u003c\/b\u003e iis a writer and literary translator living on Gunditjmara country. Her translations from Spanish to English include Mariana Dimópulos's \u003ci\u003eAll My Goodbyes\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eImminence\u003c\/i\u003e, Guillermo Fadanelli's \u003ci\u003eSee You at Breakfast?\u003c\/i\u003e, and Xhevdet Bajraj's \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the translations editor at \u003ci\u003eCordite Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e and an associate editor at Giramondo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.87 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699194826815,"sku":"9781945492556","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6f25b1b03f1c2a1a3703b1121b9d939e.webp?v=1765012776","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/imminence-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}