{"product_id":"the-wake-margo-glantz-9781931896238","title":"The Wake","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2005 Sor Juana In s de la Cruz Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eWhat do I feel?\u003c\/i\u003e\" asks the narrator, Nora Garc a, as she goes back to a Mexican village she has not visited in years to attend the funeral of her ex-husband, a famous pianist who has died of a massive heart attack. This deeply moving novel is the unspoken answer to Nora's self-questioning. \"The heart has reasons that reason knows nothing of,\" Pascal said, and this aphorism of knowing and not knowing is at the core of the novel. Employing motifs of \"the heart,\" modes of music from the tango to Bach, and allusions to poetry, the text is a rich amalgam that reveals a life lived deep within literary culture.\u003cp\u003eLike her ex-husband, Nora is a musician, a cellist, and so it is fitting that her novel takes the form of a canon and fugue: phrases circle and repeat, variations are introduced, motifs come and go and intermingle, reflecting a paralysis of the grieving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel moves inexorably toward the burial and the revelation of Nora's complex, emotional reaction to Juan's death. Throughout the novel, Nora is moving in the \"wake\" of that death, being pulled along by the ceremonies of the funeral, the mass, the burial. A rich, nuanced evocation of states of mind and emotion, \u003ci\u003eThe Wake\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully illuminates Nora's quiet grief and rage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margo Glantz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1931896232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931896238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Curbstone Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.58w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/18\/2005 pg. 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2005 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 604\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2005 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2006 pg. 55","brand":"Margo Glantz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937514815743,"sku":"9781931896238","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c55b2b39-a8cd-4d5a-bfbd-e1dd8fc78a36.jpg?v=1681430522","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wake-margo-glantz-9781931896238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}