{"product_id":"terrestrial","title":"Terrestrial","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fiercely poetic, tenderly observed portrait of young women’s travels on the fringes of Mexico and the United States, by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of \u003ci\u003eLiliana’s Invincible Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this new collection of genre-defying stories by Cristina Rivera Garza, a woman visits what she thinks could be her old lover's hometown after being abandoned by her, years earlier. Two herons hitchhike across Mexico. A group of workers build a new home, only to see it destroyed by the state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith little baggage and much bravado, the characters in \u003ci\u003eTerrestrial \u003c\/i\u003ehitchhike, migrate, take trains, wander or, at times, fly, to survive the mandates of patriarchy and capitalism. On dusty roads or by a lake turned suddenly ominous, they remain in close contact with the earth's surface, sensing its wild promise and capacity for violence, its degradation and enduring beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs she did in her Pulitzer Prize winning memoir \u003ci\u003eLiliana’s Invincible Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, Rivera Garza forges new forms, experimenting with structure and time as she tails the intrepid travelers with shimmering and honest prose. Combining journalism, novelistic writing, and themes of female freedom, gore capitalism, and class struggle, \u003ci\u003eTerrestrial \u003c\/i\u003eis a meditation on travel and distance, and our ties to the earth we tread on.","brand":"Cristina Rivera Garza","offers":[{"title":"Expected Release - September 14\/26","offer_id":51785425781053,"sku":null,"price":38.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/0831\/3917\/files\/BNCImageAPI_36039412-d91c-4b2b-8f2a-6404511249d6.jpg?v=1780432403","url":"https:\/\/thebookarchive.ca\/products\/terrestrial","provider":"The Book Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}