{"product_id":"a-question-of-belonging-hebe-uhart-9781953861801","title":"A Question of Belonging: Cricas","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An exemplary compendium of brief glimpses into the quotidian concerns of everyday South Americans . . . [that] exudes the author's characteristically bright insight and sense of attentive amusement.\" - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e25 \u003ci\u003eCricas\u003c\/i\u003e - uniquely Latin American short stories - from a master of the form, a star heralded alongside Samanta Schweblin and Mariana Enr厲uez for blending insight, honesty, and humor \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUhart reinvigorates our desire to connect with other people, to love the world, to laugh in the face of bad intentions, and to look again, more closely: from lapwings, road-side pedicures, and the overheard conversations of nurses and their patients, to Goethe and the work of the Bolivian director Jorge Sanjin駸. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It was a year of great discovery for me, learning about these people and their homes,\" Hebe Uhart writes in the opening story of \u003ci\u003eA Question of Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of texts that traverse Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Spain, and beyond. Discoveries sprout and flower throughout Uhart's oeuvre, but nowhere more so than in her cricas, Uhart's preferred method of storytelling by the end of her life. For Uhart, the crica meant going outside, meeting others. It also allowed the mingling of precise, factual reportage and the slanted, symbolic narrative power of literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, Uhart opens the door on all kinds of people. We meet an eccentric priest who conducts experiments down by the riverside hoping to land on a cure for cancer; a queenly (read: beautiful and relentlessly indolent) teenage girl; a cacique of the Pueblo Naci Charr俉 clan, who tells her of indigenous customs and histories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe writes with characteristic slyness. In the last lines of the title story, Uhart writes, \"And I left, whistling softly.\" Wherever she may have gone, we are left with the wish we could follow alongside.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hebe Uhart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1953861806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953861801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archipelago Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/22\/2024","brand":"Hebe Uhart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44634718863615,"sku":"9781953861801","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3d22d943-6449-4a28-83a4-a324b11cca30.jpg?v=1703590562","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-question-of-belonging-hebe-uhart-9781953861801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}