Name: When Women Kill
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Author: Trabucco Zerán, Alia ; Hughes, Sophie
ISBN: 9781566896337

Type

Physical Book

Author

Alia Trabucco Zerán

Translated by

Sophie Hughes

Publisher

Coffee House Press

Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.6 x 12.4 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN13

9781566896337

Synopsis "When Women Kill "

A genre-bending feminist account of the lives and crimes of four women who committed the double transgression of murder, violating not only criminal law but also the invisible laws of gender.When Women Kill: Four Crimes Retold analyzes four homicides carried out by Chilean women over the course of the twentieth century. Drawing on her training as a lawyer, Alia Trabucco Zerán offers a nuanced close reading of their lives and crimes, foregoing sensationalism in order to dissect how all four were both perpetrators of violent acts and victims of another, more insidious kind of violence. This radical retelling challenges the archetype of the woman murderer and reveals another narrative, one as disturbing and provocative as the transgressions themselves: What makes women lash out against the restraints of gendered domesticity, and how do we--readers, viewers, the media, the art world, the political establishment--treat them when they do? Expertly intertwining true crime, critical essay, and research diary, International Booker Prize finalist Alia Trabucco Zerán (The Remainder), in a translation by Sophie Hughes, brings an overdue feminist perspective to the study of deviant women.

Alia Trabucco Zerán

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Alia Trabucco Zerán is a distinguished Chilean writer whose work has been internationally recognized for its bold, thoughtful, and deeply literary style. Born in Santiago de Chile in 1983, Trabucco Zerán studied Law at the University of Chile, but her true passion for literature led her to pursue a Master's in Creative Writing in Spanish at New York University and a PhD in Latin American Literature at University College London.

Her first novel, "La Resta" (2015), is a haunting and poetic exploration of memory, mourning, and the legacies of the Chilean dictatorship. The work was a finalist for the prestigious Man Booker International Prize in 2019, establishing Trabucco Zerán as one of the most promising voices in contemporary Spanish literature.

She later published "Limpia" (2022), a text that challenges genres and norms, exploring themes of violence, class, and power from an innovative literary perspective. Her works stand out for their ability to question and deconstruct traditional narratives, proposing new ways to approach identity and history.

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