Readers will find themselves hoping for more of this bold writer's work.' - Publishers Weekly. Cat sitter, insomniac, former schoolteacher. Ania worries she is a 'stand-in occupant,' a substitute in her own life. When she receives a request from her father to visit her dying uncle Agustn in Argentina, she makes the long journey across the Andes from Chile to Campana, where her family immigrated from Italy. Her trip, one she used to make every summer with her father, will be an escape from the present and a journey to the borders of memory. What follows is an ambitious portrait of alienation and belonging, and of two families and countries separated by a range of mountains. Threaded together with encyclopedia entries, pages from an old immigrant manual, typing class exercises, passages from children's books, half-faded photos, and letters mailed between continents, The Touch System introduces Alejandra Costamagna as one of the most powerful and subtle writers in contemporary Latin American literature.
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Lisa Dillman is a literary translator based in Decatur Georgia. Some of her recent translations include Such Small Hands (winner of the 2018 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Award) by Andres Braba and Signs Preceding The End of The World (Winner of the 2016 Best Translated Book Award) by Yuri Herrera.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Readers will find themselves hoping for more of this bold writer's work.' - Publishers Weekly. Cat sitter, insomniac, former schoolteacher. Ania worries she is a 'stand-in occupant,' a substitute in her own life. When she receives a request from her father to visit her dying uncle Agustn in Argentina, she makes the long journey across the Andes from Chile to Campana, where her family immigrated from Italy. Her trip, one she used to make every summer with her father, will be an escape from the present and a journey to the borders of memory. What follows is an ambitious portrait of alienation and belonging, and of two families and countries separated by a range of mountains. Threaded together with encyclopedia entries, pages from an old immigrant manual, typing class exercises, passages from children's books, half-faded photos, and letters mailed between continents, The Touch System introduces Alejandra Costamagna as one of the most powerful and subtle writers in contemporary Latin American literature. Seller Inventory # CIN1945492503G
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Paperback. Condition: New. Readers will find themselves hoping for more of this bold writer's work.' - Publishers Weekly. Cat sitter, insomniac, former schoolteacher. Ania worries she is a 'stand-in occupant,' a substitute in her own life. When she receives a request from her father to visit her dying uncle Agustn in Argentina, she makes the long journey across the Andes from Chile to Campana, where her family immigrated from Italy. Her trip, one she used to make every summer with her father, will be an escape from the present and a journey to the borders of memory. What follows is an ambitious portrait of alienation and belonging, and of two families and countries separated by a range of mountains. Threaded together with encyclopedia entries, pages from an old immigrant manual, typing class exercises, passages from children's books, half-faded photos, and letters mailed between continents, The Touch System introduces Alejandra Costamagna as one of the most powerful and subtle writers in contemporary Latin American literature. Seller Inventory # LU-9781945492501
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. With endorsements from Alejandro Zambra, Daniel Alarcon, and Mariana Enriquez, Alejandra Costamagna has established herself as one of the lights of contemporary Latin American literature.A finalist for the prestigious Herralde Prize, The Touch System is Costamagna's breakout novel and her first to appear in English. Alienation, belonging, and a woman's 1,000-mile journey across the Andes to visit her dying uncle in Argentina. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781945492501