{"product_id":"the-taiga-syndrome-cristina-rivera-garza-9780997366679","title":"The Taiga Syndrome","description":"\u003cb\u003eFairy tale meets detective drama in this David Lynch-like novel by a writer Jonathan Lethem calls \"one of Mexico's greatest . . . we are just barely beginning to catch up to what she has to offer.\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A fairy tale run amok, \u003ci\u003eThe Taiga Syndrome\u003c\/i\u003e follows an unnamed Ex-Detective as she searches for a couple who has fled to the far reaches of the earth. A betrayed husband is convinced by a brief telegram that his second ex-wife wants him to track her down--that she wants to be found. He hires the Ex-Detective, who sets out with a translator into a snowy, hostile forest where strange things happen and translation betrays both sense and one's senses. Tales of Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood haunt the Ex-Detective's quest into a territory overrun with the primitive excesses of Capitalism--accumulation and expulsion, corruption and cruelty--though the lessons of her journey are more experiential than moral: that just as love can fly away, sometimes unloving flies away as well. That sometimes leaving everything behind is the only thing left to do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cristina Rivera Garza\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0997366672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997366679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothy a Publishing Project\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews Fall Preview\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2018 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/30\/2018","brand":"Cristina Rivera Garza","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048099082495,"sku":"9780997366679","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b088794-8541-4ad6-92aa-27660947ce1e.jpg?v=1684993875","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-taiga-syndrome-cristina-rivera-garza-9780997366679","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}