The fragility of bodies
(Book)
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Author
Contributors
France, Miranda, 1966- translator.
Published
London : Bitter Lemon Press, 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
381 pages ; 20 cm.
Status
Uintah County Library - Fiction - Second Floor
F OLGUIN #1 Verónica Rosenthal
1 available
F OLGUIN #1 Verónica Rosenthal
1 available
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Uintah County Library - Fiction - Second Floor | F OLGUIN #1 Verónica Rosenthal | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Corruption -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Gangster fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- Fiction.
Railroad accidents -- Fiction.
Suicide -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Women journalists -- Fiction.
Corruption -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Gangster fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- Fiction.
Railroad accidents -- Fiction.
Suicide -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Women journalists -- Fiction.
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Published
London : Bitter Lemon Press, 2019.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"First published in Spanish as La fragilidad de los cuerpos by Tusquets Editores Argentina, Buenos Aires, 2012"--Title page verso.
Description
"When she hears about the suicide of a Buenos Aires train driver who has left a note confessing to four mortal 'accidents' on the train tracks, journalist Veronica Rosenthal decides to investigate. For the police the case is closed (suicide is suicide), for Veronica it is the beginning of a journey that takes her into an unfamiliar world of grinding poverty, crime-infested neighborhoods, and train drivers on commuter lines haunted by the memory of bodies hit at speed by their locomotives in the middle of the night. Aided by a train driver with whom she has a tumultuous and reckless affair, a junkie in rehab and two street kids willing to risk everything for a can of Coke, she uncovers a group of men involved in betting on working-class youngsters convinced to play Russian roulette by standing in front of fast-coming trains to see who endures the longest."--Provided by publisher.
Language
Translated from the Spanish.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Olguín, S., & France, M. (2019). The fragility of bodies . Bitter Lemon Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Olguín, Sergio, 1967- and Miranda France. 2019. The Fragility of Bodies. Bitter Lemon Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Olguín, Sergio, 1967- and Miranda France. The Fragility of Bodies Bitter Lemon Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Olguín, Sergio, and Miranda France. The Fragility of Bodies Bitter Lemon Press, 2019.
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