Mothers Don't by Agirre, Katixa

Mothers Don't

A mother kills her twins. Another woman, the narrator of this story, is about to give birth....
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Author: Katixa Agirre
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Language: English
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Mothers Don't by Agirre, Katixa

Mothers Don't

CHF 17.06

Mothers Don't

CHF 17.06
Author: Katixa Agirre
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A mother kills her twins. Another woman, the narrator of this story, is about to give birth. She is a writer, and she realizes that she knows the woman who committed the infanticide. An obsession is born. She takes an extended leave, not for child-rearing, but to write. To research and write about the hidden truth behind the crime.

Mothers don't write. Mothers give life. How could a woman be capable of neglecting her children? How could she kill them? Is motherhood a prison? Complete with elements of a traditional thriller, this a groundbreaking novel in which the chronicle and the essay converge. Katixa Agirre reflects on the relationship between motherhood and creativity, in dialogue with writers such as Sylvia Plath and Doris Lessing. Mothers Don't plumbs the depths of childhood and the lack of protection children face before the law. The result is a disturbing, original novel in which the author does not offer answers, but plants contradictions and discoveries.



Author: Katixa Agirre
Publisher: Open Letter
Published: 07/12/2022
Pages: 202
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781948830560

About the Author
Agirre, Katixa: - Katixa Agirre (Vitoria, 1981) has a PhD in Audiovisual Communication and lectures at Universidad del País Vasco. She previously published the short story collections Sua falta zaigu and Habitat, and is the author of numerous children's books: Paularen seigarren atzamarra, Ez naiz sirena bat, eta zer?, and Patzikuren problemak. She was also a columnist for Diario de Noticias de Álava, Deia, Aizu! and Argia.Whittemore, Katie: - Katie Whittemore is graduate of the University of NH (BA), Cambridge University (M.Phil), and Middlebury College (MA), and was a 2018 Bread Loaf Translators Conference participant. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Two Lines, The Arkansas International, The Common Online, Gulf Coast Magazine Online, The Los Angeles Review, The Brooklyn Rail, and InTranslation. Current projects include novels by Spanish authors Sara Mesa, Javier Serena, Aliocha Coll, Aroa Moreno Durán, Nuria Labari, Katixa Agirre, and Juan Gómez Bárcena.Addis, Kristin: - Kristin Addis has worked for some thirty years as a translator. She translates primarily between Spanish or Basque and English, and is one of few who translate directly from Basque into English. She specializes in literary translation, which she especially enjoys, and has translated short stories, novels, and poetry. She has also translated various works about the Basque language and culture. Ms. Addis has spent many years in the Basque Country; she currently resides in Iowa with her family.

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