{"product_id":"otilias-body-1","title":"Otilia's Body","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom reviews of the Spanish edition:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"quote\"\u003e\"...among the best works that Mexican fiction has produced.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"source\"\u003e—Héctor Gally, Sábado\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"quote\"\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) ...\u003ccite\u003eOtilia Rauda\u003c\/cite\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\n\u003cp class=\"source\"\u003e—Jorge Ruffinelli, \u003ccite\u003ePunto y Aparte\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of Mexico's prestigious Xavier Villaurrutia prize in 1986, \u003ccite\u003eOtilia Rauda\u003c\/cite\u003e is here translated into English for the first time as \u003ccite\u003eOtilia's Body.\u003c\/cite\u003e Widely considered Sergio Galindo's best work, the novel dramatizes a sexually liberated woman's obsession with an outlaw lover, played against the backdrop of Mexican history from 1910 to 1940. A fine example of \"intimist\" fiction, \u003ccite\u003eOtilia's Body\u003c\/cite\u003e is noteworthy for its penetratingly described characters who transcend time and place to become universally recognizable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Sergio Galindo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43572754907318,"sku":"9780292753341","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/missing-cover_adb25a1b-7f60-4915-b8e0-509100bdbed7.jpg?v=1746711844","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/otilias-body-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}