Silences, or a Woman's Life Portuguese among many others—most of whose

among many others—most of whose work has never before been available in English translation—this overview of Swiss poetry stands as the ideal introduction to an undervalued and idiosyncratic force in international literature

"This is the most ambitious and skillful novel to come out of Mexico in a long time

” —Kim Hyung-jung

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Silences, or a Woman's Life Portuguese among many others—most of whoseWhen a woman falls into a coma, her daughter accompanies her through six weeks of agony, bearing witness to the prolonged death imposed upon her by the monstrous machine of modern medicine. During this final voyage through the fog, the narrator A woman falls into a coma. Perhaps she's going to die. Becoming the sleepers shadow, the womans daughter will accompany her mother through six weeks of agony, bearing witness to the prolonged death imposed upon