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â??The best thing you can be in Mexico is an ugly girl.â??On the mountainside in rural Mexico where Ladydi lives, being a girl is dangerous. Because the stolen girls donâ??t come back. Ladydi is determined to get out, to find a life that offers more than just the struggle to survive.

While humility is not especially valued in modern Western culture, Jennifer Clement argues here, it is central to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century understandings of Christian faith and behavior, and is vital to early modern concepts of the self. As this study shows, early modern literary engagements with humility link it to self-knowledge through the practice of right reading, and make humility foundational to any proper understanding of human agency. Yet humility has received little critical interest, and has often been misunderstood as a false virtue that engenders only self-abjection. This study offers an overview of various ways in which humility is discussed, deployed, or resisted in early modern texts ranging from the explicitly religious and autobiographical prose of Katherine Parr and John Donne, to the more politically motivated prose of Queen Elizabeth I and the seventeenth-century reformer and radical Thomas Tryon. As part of the wider 'turn to religion' in early modern studies, this study seeks to complicate our understanding of a mainstream early modern virtue, and to problematize a mode of critical analysis that assumes agency is always defined by resistance.

The beautifully written, deeply affecting story of Jean-Michel Basquiat's partner, her past, and their life together An NPR Best Book of the Year Selection New York City in the 1980s was a mesmerizing, wild place. A hotbed for hip hop, underground culture, and unmatched creative energy, it spawned some of the most significant art of the 20th century. It was where Jean-Michel Basquiat became an avant-garde street artist and painter, swiftly achieving worldwide fame. During the years before his death at the age of 27, he shared his life with his lover and muse, Suzanne Mallouk. A runaway from an unhappy home in Canada, Suzanne first met Jean-Michel in a bar on the Lower East Side in 1980. Thus began a tumultuous and passionate relationship that deeply influenced one of the most exceptional artists of our time. In emotionally resonant prose, award-winning author Jennifer Clement tells the story of the passion that swept Suzanne and Jean-Michel into a short-lived, unforgettable affair. A poetic interpretation like no other, Widow Basquiat is an expression of the unrelenting power of addiction, obsession and love.

A haunting story of love and survival that introduces an unforgettable literary heroine Ladydi Garcia Martinez is fierce, funny and smart. She was born into a world where being a girl is a dangerous thing. In the mountains of Guerrero, Mexico, women must fend for themselves, as their men have left to seek opportunities elsewhere. Here in the shadow of the drug war, bodies turn up on the outskirts of the village to be taken back to the earth by scorpions and snakes. School is held sporadically, when a volunteer can be coerced away from the big city for a semester. In Guerrero the drug lords are kings, and mothers disguise their daughters as sons, or when that fails they make them ugly cropping their hair, blackening their teeth- anything to protect them from the rapacious grasp of the cartels. And when the black SUVs roll through town, Ladydi and her friends burrow into holes in their backyards like animals, tucked safely out of sight. While her mother waits in vain for her husband s return, Ladydi and her friends dream of a future that holds more promise than mere survival, finding humor, solidarity and fun in the face of so much tragedy. When Ladydi is offered work as a nanny for a wealthy family in Acapulco, she seizes the chance, and finds her first taste of love with a young caretaker there. But when a local murder tied to the cartel implicates a friend, Ladydi s future takes a dark turn. Despite the odds against her, this spirited heroine s resilience and resolve bring hope to otherwise heartbreaking conditions. An illuminating and affecting portrait of women in rural Mexico, and a stunning exploration of the hidden consequences of an unjust war, PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN is an unforgettable story of friendship, family, and determination. "From the Hardcover edition.""rough cut

While humility is not especially valued in modern Western culture, Jennifer Clement argues here, it is central to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century understandings of Christian faith and behavior, and is vital to early modern concepts of the self. As this study shows, early modern literary engagements with humility link it to self-knowledge through the practice of right reading, and make humility foundational to any proper understanding of human agency. Yet humility has received little critical interest, and has often been misunderstood as a false virtue that engenders only self-abjection. This study offers an overview of various ways in which humility is discussed, deployed, or resisted in early modern texts ranging from the explicitly religious and autobiographical prose of Katherine Parr and John Donne, to the more politically motivated prose of Queen Elizabeth I and the seventeenth-century reformer and radical Thomas Tryon. As part of the wider 'turn to religion' in early modern studies, this study seeks to complicate our understanding of a mainstream early modern virtue, and to problematize a mode of critical analysis that assumes agency is always defined by resistance.

A New York Times Editor's Choice The searing, unforgettable story of a young girl's resilience, by the award-winning author of Prayers for the Stolen Pearl's mother took her away from her family just weeks after she was born, and drove off to central Florida determined to begin a new life for herself and her daughter--in the parking lot next to a trailer park. Pearl grew up in the front seat of their '94 Mercury, while her mother lived in the back. Despite their hardships, mother and daughter both adjusted to life, making friends with the residents of the trailers and creating a deep connection to each other. All around them, Florida is populated with gun owners--those hunting alligators for sport, those who want to protect their families, and those who create a sense of danger. Written in a gorgeous lyric all its own, Gun Love is the story of a tough but optimistic young woman growing up in contemporary America, in the midst of its harrowing love affair with firearms.

MADONNA. ANDY WARHOL. KEITH HARING. FAB 5 FREDDIE. DEBBIE HARRY. JULIAN SCHNABEL. Jean-Michel Basquiat's transition from the subways to the chic gallery spaces of Manhattan brought the artist into the company of many of New York's established and aspiring stars. In 1988, unable to deal with the demands that his new fame brought, Basquiat, the most successful black visual artist in history, died from a heroin overdose at age twenty-seven.Widow Basquiat is an exploration of the artist as seen through the eyes of his muse, Suzanne. It is a love story like no other.

There were stray people, stray dogs, stray bullets, and stray butterflies.'Fourteen-year-old Pearl France lives in the front seat of a broken down car and her mother Margot lives in the back.

AN iNEWS BEST BOOK TO READ THIS MONTH'Clement has lived a life like no other, and made of it a shimmering mosaic, a masterpiece, which is this book' Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of LessGrowing up in Mexico City, Jennifer Clement lived next door to Frida Kahlo's house. It was an unorthodox and bohemian childhood, living alongside artists, communists, revolutionaries and poets, and one that allowed an awakening of creative freedom and curiosity about the world. Leaving behind the revolutions in Latin America for the burgeoning counter-culture scene in '80s New York, Clement quickly became a fixture on the art scene, inhabiting the world of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Colette Lumiere and William Burroughs, and frequenting The Mudd Club, Danceteria and Studio 54. From the author of cult classic Widow Basquiat, this memoir is a tale of two cities and their artists. It recreates the fury, ecstasy and danger that made '70s Mexico City and '80s New York two of the greatest places to be young, free and alive.

'Clement has lived a life like no other, and made of it a shimmering mosaic, a masterpiece, which is this book' Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of LessGrowing up in 1970s Mexico City, Jennifer Clement lived next door to Frida Kahlo's house. It was a bohemian childhood, living alongside artists, communists, revolutionaries and poets, which allowed an awakening of creative freedom and curiosity about the world.Leaving behind Latin America for the burgeoning counter-culture scene in '80s New York, Clement inhabited the world of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Colette Lumiere and William Burroughs. Spanning two great cities, The Promised Party explores what it means to be young, free and alive.

A True Story Based on Lies is a remarkable novel dealing with universal issues of class discrimination, male oppression and female servitude through spellbinding dual narratives. Set in contemporary Mexico, the book examines the fallout from a sexual relationship between Leonora, a domestic servant to the wealthy O'Conner family, and the master of the house. When a child, Aura Olivia, is born from this relationship she is brought up as the daughter of the house. As the novel unfolds, the "true" story gradually emerges. We are delighted to reissue Clement's first novel, which was a finalist for the Orange Prize for Fiction and has been taken to the stage by Mexico's National Theatre Company as well as being staged in France and Italy.

Having been deserted by her mother as a baby, Emily now lives with her father in Mexico City, and works in the local orphanage. When a mysterious cousin, Santi, appears on their doorstep, he brings with him family secrets, and soon Emily finds desire and temptation have overturned her straightforward life forever. The Poison That Fascinates is an alluring fable forged in sensuous prose. Jennifer Clement conjures a world heavy with the weight of Mexican superstition, mythology and faith, where saintliness and mortal sin sit side by side. With this novel, Shearsman brings to its collection a unique work praised for Clement's prowess in creating a literary crime novel.

Jennifer Clement studied English Literature and Anthropology at New York University and French Literature in Paris. Clement is the author of the memoir 'Widow Basquiat', which made the UK Booksellers' Choice list, and a novel 'A True Story Based on Lies', which was a finalist in the Orange Prize for Fiction. She was awarded the Canongate Prize for New Writing in 2001, and is also the author of several books of poetry: 'The Next Stranger', 'Newton's Sailor', and 'Lady of the Broom', each published in bilingual editions in Mexico. Clement's work has been translated into eight languages. Canongate Books is publishing her next novel 'The Poison That Fascinates' in 2008. Jennifer Clement lives in Mexico City and, with her sister Barbara Sibley, is co-director and -founder of the annual San Miguel Poetry Week. The present volume offers several new poems, the complete 'Lady of the Broom' sequence, plus selections from her two earlier books.

«Todas las canciones surgen en sue os, seg n los pueblos xavante. Se accede a las canciones despertando a los ni os con la esperanza de escuchar una canci n que podr an estar so ando. En la esperada precuela de La viuda Basquiat, Jennifer Clement demuestra que una verdadera fiesta tiene en su n cleo lo mismo que una verdadera rebeli n: una comunidad se organiza para abrir un par ntesis y crear nuevas reglas, con el fin de hacer de la vida una mejor experiencia. Quiz por eso las grandes revoluciones pol ticas han implicado siempre grandes metamorfosis culturales. Dividido en dos vastos territorios, el de una infancia en la Ciudad de M xico y el de una juventud en la ciudad de Nueva York, La fiesta prometida es un viaje de la memoria que nos transporta a un mundo en el que la complicidad entre amigos y la improvisaci n ante lo inesperado son claves revolucionarias. De la mano de las presencias fantasmag ricas de muchos artistas y escritores, como Julio Cort zar, William Burroughs, Frida Kahlo y Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jennifer Clement despliega lo mejor de sus habilidades verbales para recrear una poca previa a la legalizaci n del neoliberalismo en el norte de Am rica Latina. El asombro frente a lo cotidiano, la potencia de una noche en la pista de baile y la escritura coral de los grafitis en el metro son algunos de los talismanes para cultivar la libertad que el lector encontrar en estas p ginas, de las que saldr pose do por un esp ritu rebelde y soberano para no sentirse solo nunca m s. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION An ultra-vivid, carnivalesque memoir of Jennifer Clement's early life from 60s Mexico to 80s New York City - the prequel to Widow Basquiat Growing up in '60s Mexico City, Jennifer Clement lived next door to Frida Kahlo's house. It was an unorthodox and bohemian childhood, living alongside artists, communists, revolutionaries and poets, and one that allowed an awakening of creative freedom and curiosity about the world. Leaving behind the revolutions in Latin America for the burgeoning counter-culture scene in '80s New York, Clement quickly became a fixture on the art scene, inhabiting the world of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Colette Lumiere and William Burroughs, and frequenting The Mudd Club, Danceteria and Studio 54. From the author of cult classic Widow Basquiat, this memoir is a tale of two cities and their artists. It recreates the fury, ecstasy and danger that made '70s Mexico City and '80s New York two of the greatest places to be young, free and alive.

En bønn for de bortførte er et opplysende og bevegende portrett av fattige kvinner i Mexico.Ladydi Gaarcia Martínez er født inn en verden der det å være jente er en farlig ting. I fjellene i Guerrero, Mexico må kvinnene slåss for seg selv. Menene har reist for å finne muligheter andre steder. Her i skyggen av narkokrigen, blant slanger og skorpioner, dukker døde kropper opp i utkanten av landsbyen. Innimellom er skolen åpen. De gangene en frivillig kan lokkes ut av byen for et semester i de røffe omgivelsene. I Guerrero er narkobaronene konger og mødrene kler jentebarna som gutter. Eller de gjør dem så stygge de kan gjennom skamklipping og sverting av tenner, alt for å beskytte dem mot bortføring av kartellene. Og når de svarte SUVene ruller gjennom landsbyen, gjemmes Ladydi og venninnene hennes i groper i bakken i bakgårdene som dyr, trygt bortgjemt og ute av syne. Mens moren venter forgjeves på at mannen hennes skal komme tilbake, drømmer Ladydi og vennene hennes om en fremtid som inneholder noe mer enn bare å kunne overleve. I møte med all tragedien finner de samhold i hverandre. Når Ladydi får tilbud om en jobb som hushjelp for en velstående familie i Acapulco, griper hun sjansen og opplever også en gryende forelskelse i møte med en annen ansatt. Men når en lokalt morder knyttet til kartellet blander inn en venn av henne, tar livet en brå og mørk vending for Ladydi. Til tross for elendige odds vil Ladydi med standhaftighet og styrke kjempe sin kamp og se med håp på en tilsynelatende håpløs situasjon. Dette er en opplysende og bevegende portrett av fattige kvinner i Mexico. Samtidig er det en uforglemmelig fortelling om vennskap, familie og en kvinne som nekter å ligge ned og gi opp.

I Guerrero, Mexico er Ladydi født inn en verden der det er farlig å være jente. Mødrene kler jentebarna som gutter for å beskytte dem mot bortføring av kartellene. Og når de svarte SUV’ene ruller gjennom landsbyen, gjemmes Ladydi og venninnene hennes i groper i bakken. En uforglemmelig historie om vennskap, familie og en kvinne som nekter å legge seg ned og gi opp.«Det originale er hovedpersonens stemme; full av sanselighet, detaljrikdom, spontanitet og barsk humor.(...)Teksten har et enormt trøkk hele veien, en spenst og vitalitet som stammer fra innlevelse, medlidenhet og usentimental virkelighetsforståelse. Dette er ikke en sosiologisk avhandling, men et rop om hjelp i en verden der kvinner betyr mindre enn null.»Fredrik Wandrup, Dagbladet«Den mest forførende reise jeg har tatt på en lang, lang stund, og den viktigste. En bønn for de bortførte er en personlig guidet tur gjennom et ubarmhjertig, virkelig hjørne av vårt århundre, med karakterer så levende at de vil bore seg inn i hjertet ditt. Slående skrevet, magisk i detaljene, du ser, lukter og smaker hendelsene på hver side, føler hver svakhet og savner åpenheten til disse morsomme, sårt menneskelige stemmene lenge etter at du har lagt dem bort. Som heltinnen selv kanskje ville sagt: ikke noe å lese, men å sleike i seg fra en tallerken.»DBC Pierre, Booker-prisvinnende forfatter av Vernon God Little«En bønn for de bortførte handler om den uprovoserte kvinnevolden og ødeleggelsen av lokalsamfunn som narkotikatrafikken i Mexico resulterer i. Clements øye for den avslørende detaljen, den rene poesien i språket hennes og hennes følelsesmessige autentiske karakterer, gjør denne fæle virkeligheten om til en overbevisende, tragisk vakker roman.»Yann Martel, forfatter av Historien om Pi«Den brutale bakgrunnen for denne fantastiske romanen er dessverre så altfor virkelig, og Clemet formidler en moderne tragedie på levende vis». The London Times«Skrivingen er gnistrende ikke bare på grunn av temaet som behandles – alle og enhver kunne rapportert om det faktiske - eller fordi Clement er så sterk på innsidevinklingen som gir ny-journalismen dets slagkraft, men fordi hun er en fullendt stilist som sørger for at ikke noe er overflødig. (…) Boken gir oss romanens alle gleder – en fortelling ladet med betydning og drama og mening» Kirsty Gunn, The Guardian

Fjorten år gamle Pearl bor i en ødelagt bil i en bilpark i Florida. Hun har rom i forsetet og moren i baksetet. Dashbordet er et imaginært piano, og bagasjerommet er fullt av verdifulle minner fra et tidligere liv. Sammen overlever de to på pulvermelk, insektsspray og betingelsesløs kjærlighet.Men da moren forelsker seg blindt i Eli Redmond, blir hun søvnløs og forvirret og klarer ikke helt å ta seg av datteren. Pearl blir tatt inn i varmen hos meksikanske Corazón som elsker å pusse våpen og høre Pearl synge. Samtidig får moren den fineste kjærlighetsgaven man kan få av sin elskede: en liten pistol.Sanger om våpen er en brutalt vakker fortelling om kjærlighet, tilhørighet og vold. Den ble nominert til The National Book Award i 2018 og er kåret til en av årets beste bøker i flere tidsskrifter, blant annet Time Magazine.«… treffer så hardt i magen at du snapper etter pusten.» BookPage«… en uforglemmelig knockout.» Booklist“Rørende og uforglemmelig …” Publishers weekly“… original og imponerende.” Library Journal«Full av sorg og hjerteskjærende sødme …» The Washington Post“Trollbindende … en fabel om moderne amerikansk vold, og motstandskraften som kreves for å overleve en barndom i skyggen av den.» Salon«Gir et glimt av hva en våpenpoetikk kunne sett ut som … I denne boken er det voldsmaskineriet som skaper en følelse av tilhørighet – av deilig livet-eller-døden-enkelhet.» The New Yorker