Lithium by Denis, Malén
Lithium by Denis, Malén

Lithium

Malén Denis's Lithium is a novel about what cannot be fully named or pinned down. "Language in...
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Author: Malén Denis
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Lithium by Denis, Malén

Lithium

$56.99 $31.90
Lithium by Denis, Malén

Lithium

$56.99 $31.90
Author: Malén Denis
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Malén Denis's Lithium is a novel about what cannot be fully named or pinned down. "Language in this book," the author notes, "acts as a pharmakon--both poison and remedy--inviting the reader to navigate its ambivalence. I wrote it by following the golden thread of poetry and the echoes of psychoanalysis, letting the images lead rather than the plot." Lithium employs an especially potent, poetic language to convey love found and love lost (I'm waiting for news from you). It is a book blazing with bruised perceptions of the precarity of a life lived between jobs and between homes; it's a feverish work swinging from hope to despair, about trying drugs both prescribed and not, about migration, about cat-sitting, and about isolation, about the search for meaning and for happiness when both prove so elusive, and it is about summoning the strength to wrench oneself from indecision to action.

Author: Malén Denis
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 02/10/2026
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780811239059


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2025
Publishers Weekly 12/15/2025

About the Author
Denis, Malén: - Malén Denis is an Argentine multidisciplinary artist and non-academic philosopher based between New York and Barcelona. Her work explores the political role of intimacy and spirituality in neo-capitalism. She studied Philosophy, Photography, and Audiovisual Production, and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero. She has contributed essays and cultural criticism to various publications, including Nylon, The Washington Post, Architectural Digest, KEXP, NPR, Página 12, and Infobae. Her work has been commissioned by UNAM in Mexico, the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires, and the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, among others. Her debut novel, Litium, was published by Penguin Random House in Spain.Hatry, Laura: - Laura Hatry received a PhD in Hispanic Studies from the Autónoma de Madrid and an MA in Contemporary Art History and Visual Culture from the Museo Reina Sofia; she is an independent researcher and a professional translator.Wronoski, John: - John Wronoski is an independent scholar, rare book consultant, and specialist in the appraisal and sale of literary archives.
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