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    The Book of Eve
    The Book of Eve
    The Book of Eve
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    The Book of Eve

    By Carmen Boullosa

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    A brilliant, feminist twist on the Book of Genesis from Carmen Boullosa. 


    What if everything they’ve told us about the Garden of Eden was wrong? Faced with what appears to be an apocryphal manuscript containing ten books and ninety-one parts, Eve decides to tell her version of the story of Genesis: she was not created from Adam’s rib, nor was she expelled for taking the apple from the serpent; the story of Abel and Cain isn't true, neither are those of the Flood and the Tower of Babel...


    In brilliant prose, Carmen Boullosa offers a take on the Book of Genesis that dismantles patriarchy and rebuilds our understanding of the world—from the origin of gastronomy, to the domestication of animals, to the cultivation of land and pleasure—all through the feminine gaze. Based on this exploration, at times both joyful and painful, The Book of Eve takes a tour through the stories we’ve been told since childhood, which have helped to foster (and cement) the absurd idea that woman is the companion, complement, and even accessory to man, opening the door to criminal violence against women. Boullosa refutes this entrenched, dangerous perspective in her foundational and brazen feminist novel.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDeep Vellum Publishing
    Release dateMay 9, 2023
    ISBN9781646052509
    The Book of Eve
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    Carmen Boullosa

    Carmen Boullosa (Ciudad de México, 1954), becaria de la Fundación Guggenheim, del Center for Scholars and Writers de la New York Public Library y profesora en diversas universidades estadounidenses, forma parte del Sistema Nacional de Creadores de México. Su obra ha sido merecedora de múltiples galardones, como el Premio Xavier Villaurrutia, el LiBeraturpreis de la Ciudad de Frankfurt, el Anna Seghers de la Academia de las Artes de Berlín y el Premio de Novela Café Gijón.

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