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The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
THE ADVENTURES OF CHINA IRON by GABRIELA CABEZON CAMARA translated by MACKINTOSH and MACINTYRE
This novel is my final read for #womenintranslationmonth and it’s a good one. It’s Argentinian and follows the story of China Iron, who is mentioned briefly in the poem by Martin Fierro.
This novel is Camara’s reimagining of the forgotten wife. It takes us across the pampas in Argentina in the year 1872 with China Iron, a Scottish woman named Liz and a gaucho named Rosario. Nature is written about with such beauty that it felt like another character in the story.
As much as nature is a theme, so too are gender and sexuality and colonialism.
Some spicy sex scenes, together with everything I’ve mentioned, make this into a road trip novel like no other.
I got this in a @booksthatmatteruk box over a year ago and I’ve only just read it! Silly me! I recommend that you don’t make the same mistake as I did by putting it off this long.
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This novel is my final read for #womenintranslationmonth and it’s a good one. It’s Argentinian and follows the story of China Iron, who is mentioned briefly in the poem by Martin Fierro.
This novel is Camara’s reimagining of the forgotten wife. It takes us across the pampas in Argentina in the year 1872 with China Iron, a Scottish woman named Liz and a gaucho named Rosario. Nature is written about with such beauty that it felt like another character in the story.
As much as nature is a theme, so too are gender and sexuality and colonialism.
Some spicy sex scenes, together with everything I’ve mentioned, make this into a road trip novel like no other.
I got this in a @booksthatmatteruk box over a year ago and I’ve only just read it! Silly me! I recommend that you don’t make the same mistake as I did by putting it off this long.
#theadventuresofchinairon #gabrielacabezoncamara #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #charcopress @charcopress #bookrecommendations #bookreview #wit #witmonth #womenintranslation #bookreviewer #bookrecommendation #argentinianliterature