{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-china-iron-paperback","title":"The Adventures of China Iron - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGabriela Cabezón Cámara\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIona MacIntyre\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eFiona Mackintosh\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1872. The pampas of Argentina. China is a young woman eking out an existence in a remote gaucho encampment. After her no-good husband is conscripted into the army, China bolts for freedom, setting off on a wagon journey through the pampas in the company of her new-found friend Liz, a settler from Scotland. While Liz provides China with a sentimental education and schools her in the nefarious ways of the British Empire, their eyes are opened to the wonders of Argentina's richly diverse flora and fauna, cultures and languages, as well as to the ruthless violence involved in nation-building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis subversive retelling of Argentina's foundational gaucho epic Martín Fierro is a celebration of the colour and movement of the living world, the open road, love and sex, and the dream of lasting freedom. With humour and sophistication, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara has created a joyful, hallucinatory novel that is also an incisive critique of national myths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGabriela Cabezón Cámara\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Buenos Aires in 1968. Her debut novel \u003cem\u003eSlum Virgin\u003c\/em\u003e (Charco, 2017) was followed by \u003cem\u003eRomance de la negra rubia\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eRomance of the Blonde Brunette\u003c\/em\u003e ) as well as by two collections of short stories. In 2011 she published the novella \u003cem\u003eLe viste la cara a Dios\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eYou've Seen God's Face\u003c\/em\u003e ), later turned into a graphic novel, \u003cem\u003eBeya\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eBiutiful\u003c\/em\u003e ), illustrated by Iñaki Echeverría. In 2013, she was Writer-in-Residence at the University of California, Berkeley. \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of China Iron\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Charco Press in 2020, was shortlisted for the International Booker and the Médicis prizes. In addition to being an environmental activist, Cabezón Cámara is one of the leading feminist and LGBTQ+ intellectuals in Latin America. Her most recent novel is \u003cem\u003eWe Are Green and Trembling\u003c\/em\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIona Macintyre\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Iona's teaching and research has focused on nineteenth-century Spanish American history and culture. Within this area she works primarily on Argentina, history of the book, translation studies, gender studies and transatlantic relations. She has also published on the contemporary fiction of Jorge Accame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFiona Mackintosh\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in Latin American Literature at the University of Edinburgh with research interests in contemporary Latin American fiction and poetry (particularly from Argentina), and literary translation. She has published extensively on Alejandra Pizarnik, Silvina Ocampo and Claudia Piñeiro. Her co-translation of_The Adventures of China Iron_ by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020. She recently translated Clara Obligado's_All that Grows: Nature and Writing_ (X Artists' Books, 2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Booker International Prize (2020)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335088574701,"sku":"9781916465664","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/QXsEUmmhi19781916465664.webp?v=1785028739","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/the-adventures-of-china-iron-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}