{"product_id":"otilias-body-9780292727700","title":"Otilias Body","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom reviews of the Spanish edition:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'...among the best works that Mexican fiction has produced.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Héctor Gally, Sábado\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e—Jorge Ruffinelli, \u003ci\u003ePunto y Aparte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\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: Rubén Lazcano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThird Part: Melquiades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400862867799,"sku":"9780292727700","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292727700.jpg?v=1730471772","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/otilias-body-9780292727700","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}