{"title":"Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003eMexico fiction centers on stories either set in Mexico or thematically linked to Mexican life, culture, and experience. This category falls under fiction set in specific places, offering readers an opportunity to engage with narratives shaped by Mexican history, society, landscapes, and traditions. These narratives range from local tales to explorations of identity, family, and transformation within distinctly Mexican contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo focus your reading, consider whether you're interested in literary fiction, magical realism, or novels that highlight regional nuances and contemporary issues in Mexico. If you prefer stories set outside Mexico or exploring other world regions, the broader Places category connects you to fiction organized by diverse geographic settings.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"shadow-object-9781635903027-new","title":"The Shadow of the Object","description":"\u003cb\u003eA magnificent work of shadow-play and a meditation on desire, metamorphosis, and mortality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore publishing her first novel \u003ci\u003eBook of Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e in 2009, Chloe Aridjis studied and wrote on poetry, magic shows, and the literature of the fantastic in nineteenth-century France. Her new novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of the Object\u003c\/i\u003e, traverses a strange landscape between Mexico and London; contemporary desire and earlier technologies of illusion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlora is visiting home in Mexico when the family dog leaps up and bites her hand. She winds up in the hospital where she undergoes several surgeries under anaesthesia and meets Wilhelmina, an elderly German woman with pneumonia, who collects pre-cinema toys and instruments. The two of them embark on a series of dream-like conversations in the hospital corridors. Wilhelmina puts on a magic lantern show for Flora, leaving her spellbound.\u2028\u2028 When things take an unexpected turn, Flora finds herself entrusted with an important mission. She returns to London, where she resumes her job polishing silver at a jewelery shop, and strikes up a strange friendship with Wilhelmina's son, Max. As Flora dips in and out of her imagination, she is increasingly aware it's not only the magic lantern that projects, and her perception of reality is subtly altered.","brand":"SEMIOTEXTE","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":67516176761122,"sku":"9781635903027-new","price":16.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9781635903027.jpg?v=1791870218"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/collections\/fiction-places-mexico.oembed","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}