{"product_id":"terrestrial","title":"Terrestrial \/\/ (Pre-order, Sep 15 2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fiercely poetic, tenderly observed portrait of young women’s travels on the fringes of Mexico and the United States, by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiliana’s Invincible Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this new collection of genre-defying stories by Cristina Rivera Garza, a woman visits what she thinks could be her old lover's hometown after being abandoned by her, years earlier. Two herons hitchhike across Mexico. A group of workers build a new home, only to see it destroyed by the state.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith little baggage and much bravado, the characters in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTerrestrial\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehitchhike, migrate, take trains, wander or, at times, fly, to survive the mandates of patriarchy and capitalism. On dusty roads or by a lake turned suddenly ominous, they remain in close contact with the earth's surface, sensing its wild promise and capacity for violence, its degradation and enduring beauty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs she did in her Pulitzer Prize winning memoir \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiliana’s Invincible Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Rivera Garza forges new forms, experimenting with structure and time as she tails the intrepid travelers with shimmering and honest prose. Combining journalism, novelistic writing, and themes of female freedom, gore capitalism, and class struggle, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTerrestrial\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a meditation on travel and distance, and our ties to the earth we tread on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCristina Rivera Garza\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eDeath Takes Me, The Taiga Syndrome, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Iliac Crest\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other books. Her memoir, \u003ci\u003eLiliana’s Invincible Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Pulitzer Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, Rivera Garza is the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Chair and director of the PhD program in creative writing in Spanish at the University of Houston.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristina MacSweeney\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning literary translator. She has translated works by such authors as Valeria Luiselli, Daniel Saldaña París, Julián Herbert, and Jazmina Barrera. She has also contributed to various anthologies of Latin American literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Hogarth\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: September 15, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 160\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9780593980088\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 8.3 X 5.5 X 0.4 inches | 0.7 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: History, Travel, Politics\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cristina Rivera Garza","offers":[{"title":"(Pre-order, Sep 15 2026) Hardcover","offer_id":48955699200235,"sku":"9780593980088","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9780593980088.jpg?v=1782684998","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/terrestrial","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}