Joanna Walsh
2) Vértigo
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Español
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La mujer como madre, hija, esposa, amante... Como observadora, como narradora o como actriz. Vestida casi como un niño o sumergida en la gris elegancia parisién, cambia fácilmente de papel, de país, de idioma.
Experta y exitosa, controla cuanto le importa. Sin embargo, a medida que emerge cada nueva mujer y se cuenta cada nueva historia de este extraordinario libro (con una simplicidad más nítida, hierática y dolorosa a medida que pasan las...
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English
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A book-length essay on beauty and revolution as seen through the work of Jean-Luc Godard.
As Joanna Walsh watches the films of Jean-Luc Godard, she considers beauty and desire in life and art. "There's a resistance, in Godard's women," writes Walsh, "that is at the heart of his work (and theirs)." She is captivated by the Paris of his films and the often porous border between the city presented on screen and the one she inhabited herself. With cool...
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Español
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Como su celebrado Vértigo (Periférica, 2018), esta nueva colección de relatos de Joanna Walsh es el inclemente y humorístico acoso a un tema: la incomunicación, en este caso, la imposibilidad de establecer un contacto integral.
Las protagonistas de estos cuentos (narradoras en primera persona) categorizan los hábitos de lectura según las relaciones de una pequeña comunidad algo envidiosa; o salen a una calle con tráfico a vender una mercancía...
5) I love Mom
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English
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Animal characters celebrate mothers, especially ones who play fun games, have bright smiles, and kiss hurt knees.
7) I love Dad
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Series
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English
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A dinosaur father and child share their day, from morning yawns to fantastic bedtime stories, in a celebration of the many wonderful things about fathers.
10) Vertigo
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Publisher
Dorothy, a publishing project
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Waiting for news in a children's hospital, pondering her husband's multiple online flirtations or observing the tourists and locals at a third-world archeological site, her narrator approaches the suppressed state of panic coursing beneath things that are normally tamed by our blunted perceptions of ordinary life. VERTIGO is an original and breathtaking book."Chris Kraus.
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Publisher
And Other Stories
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This collection cements Joanna Walsh's reputation as one of the sharpest writers of this century. Wearing her learning lightly, Walsh's stories make us see the world afresh, from a freewheeling story on cycling (and Freud), to a country in which words themselves fall out of fashion--something that will never happen wherever Walsh is read.
