{"product_id":"the-queen-of-swords-jazmina-barrera-9781949641875","title":"The Queen of Swords","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn what was at first meant to be a short essay about the influential Mexican writer Elena Garro (1916-1988), Jazmina Barrera's deep curiosity and exploration give us a singular portrait of a complex life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sifting through the writer's archives at Princeton, Barrera is repeatedly thwarted in her attempt to fully know her subject. Traditional means of research--the correspondence, photos, and books--serve only to complicate and cloud the woman and her work. \u003ci\u003eWho was Elena Garro, really?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe was a writer, a founder of \"magical realism\", a dancer. A devotee to the tarot and the \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e. A socialite and activist on behalf of indigenous Mexicans. She was a mother and a lover who repeatedly shook off (and cheated on) her manipulative husband, Nobel-laureate Octavio Paz. And above all, she wrote with simmering anger and glittering imagination. \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of Swords\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of a woman that also serves as an alternative history of Mexico City; a cry-out for justice; and an homage to the unknowable. It transcends mere biography, supplanting something tidy and authoritative for a sprawling experiment in understanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jazmina Barrera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949641872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949641875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Lines Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.50w x 0.67d","brand":"Jazmina Barrera","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46881155055871,"sku":"9781949641875","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bca0dea2-6590-4f82-875a-cc67cde2b6ba.jpg?v=1747970841","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-queen-of-swords-jazmina-barrera-9781949641875","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}