Books by Cristina Rivera Garza (2)
1.
The Milk of Almonds : Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture by Cristina Rivera Garza EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
A labyrinthine excavation of forgotten Mexican women writers, this Gothic novel illustrates how gendered language can wield destructive power.
2.
The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Fairy tale meets detective drama in this David Lynch–like novel by a writer Jonathan Lethem calls “one of Mexico's greatest . . . we are just barely beginning to catch up to what she has to offer.” A fairy tale run amok, The Taiga Syndrome follows an unnamed Ex-Detective as she searches for a couple who has fled to the far reaches of the earth. A betrayed husband is convinced by a brief telegram that his second ex-wife wants him to track her down—that she wants to be found. He hires the Ex-Detective, who sets out with a translator into a snowy, hostile forest where strange things happen and tr... continue