{"product_id":"the-woman-from-uruguay-by-pedro-mairal","title":"'The Woman from Uruguay' by Pedro Mairal","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"575\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eArgentinian writer Pedro Mairal has become one of the leading voices in contemporary Latin American fiction, and \u003cem data-start=\"156\" data-end=\"180\"\u003eThe Woman from Uruguay\u003c\/em\u003e is perhaps his most accomplished novel.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"575\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eOriginally published in Spanish as \u003cem data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"269\"\u003eLa uruguaya\u003c\/em\u003e in 2016, it follows Lucas Pereyra, a struggling writer who travels from Buenos Aires to Montevideo for what he imagines will be a straightforward financial errand and a rendezvous with a younger woman. Over the course of a single day, that simple premise slowly unravels into something far more searching.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"577\" data-end=\"1255\"\u003eWhat begins as a story of infidelity becomes an acute portrait of masculine self-deception, middle age and economic precarity. Mairal has a remarkable ability to capture the gap between the stories we tell ourselves and the lives we are actually living, balancing dry humour with genuine melancholy. Set against the easy crossings between Argentina and Uruguay, the novel explores desire, money, parenthood, creative frustration and the quiet collapse of certainty. Compact, elegant and psychologically precise, it's an excellent entry point into contemporary Latin American literature and will appeal to readers of Rachel Cusk, Fleur Jaeggy, Javier Marías and Alejandro Zambra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1257\" data-end=\"1418\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst UK paperback edition, Bloomsbury, 2021. Translated from the Spanish by Jennifer Croft. Very good condition with light shelf wear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45754312294483,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/bringdogs_babies_grandparents_27.png?v=1782878245","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-woman-from-uruguay-by-pedro-mairal","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}