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Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country

Cristina Rivera Garza

This philosophical investigation into state violence and mourning in twenty-first-century Mexico weaves together personal essay and literary theory, giving voice to the political experience of collective pain.

Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government · medium confidencePolitics & Government81 signalsLlm Classifier: Politics & Government -> Politics & GovernmentGoogle Books: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: Arts & Criticism -> Arts & CriticismGrief, Trauma & RecoveryMemoir & Personal HistoryTravel, Exploration & Place

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Critics Circle Award for CriticismMajor2020FinalistSecondary source
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