{"title":"Pola Oloixarac","description":"\u003cp\u003ePola Oloixarac is a celebrated Argentinian author known for her thought-provoking and genre-blending works. Her novels often delve into the complexities of technology, philosophy, and human nature, making her a standout voice in contemporary literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDark Constellations\u003c\/em\u003e, Oloixarac weaves a narrative that traverses the past, present, and future, examining the dark and light sides of technological advancement. This novel explores themes of surveillance, evolution, and the cosmic through intertwining stories set across different eras.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMona\u003c\/em\u003e, another riveting piece, satirises the literary world while exploring themes of identity, gender, and power. It centres around a Peruvian writer who navigates international literary politics, providing a sharp, introspective look at modern society's cultural intricacies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer debut novel, \u003cem\u003eSavage Theories\u003c\/em\u003e, introduces readers to Oloixarac's unique style, combining fiction with philosophical discourse. It’s an intellectually stimulating work that dissects the overlap between desire, power, and academic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOloixarac's works are a captivating blend of rich storytelling and insightful commentary, making her books a must-read for fans of cerebral and imaginative fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mona-by-pola-oloixarac-9781788169899","title":"Mona","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDevil-may-care daring and biting humour . . . Think Rachel Cusk's autofiction on skunk and OxyContin and you're in the right ballpark\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnjoyably mischievous and daring\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRuthless, very funny\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMona\u003c\/em\u003e is a Peruvian writer based on a Californian campus, open-eyed and sardonic, a connoisseur of marijuana and prescription pills. In the humanities, she has discovered she is something of an anthropological curiosity - a female writer of colour treasured for the flourish of rarefied diversity that reflects so well upon her department.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen she is nominated for ‘the most important literary award in Europe’, Mona sees a chance to escape her sunlit substance abuse and erotic distraction, and leaves for a small village in Sweden. Now she is stuck in the company of her competitors, who arrive from Japan, France, Armenia, Iran and Colombia. The writers do what writers do: exchange flattery, nurse envy and private resentments, stab rivals in the back and go to bed together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut all the while, Mona keeps stumbling across traces of violence on her body, the origins of which she can't – or won't – remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46532011917548,"sku":"9781788169899","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18228033482824.jpg?v=1749300083"},{"product_id":"dark-constellations-by-pola-oloixarac-9781641291309","title":"Dark Constellations","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Constellations\u003c\/em\u003e by Argentinian literary star Pola Oloixarac is a visionary novel that races from the world of 19th-century science to an ultra-surveilled near future. 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He rides the wave of transformations brought about by distributed networks, mass surveillance, and new flows of globalized capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe southern Argentinian techno-hub of Bariloche, 2024—A research group works on a project that will allow the Ministry of Genetics to track every movement of the country's citizens without their knowledge or consent, using sensors that identify DNA at a distance. Yet, the new technology contains within it the seeds of a far more radical transformation of human life and civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a novel of towering ambition, Oloixarac's complexly intertwining stories reveal the power that resides in the world's most deeply shadowed spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Random House New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46546842091756,"sku":"9781641291309","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9903213482772.jpg?v=1749851777"},{"product_id":"savage-theories-by-pola-oloixarac-9781800818187","title":"Savage Theories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA novel of seduction and madness, animated by the spirits of Wittgenstein, Rousseau, Nabokov and Bolaño. Buenos Aires. The mysterious narrator, who is a student at the School of Philosophy, stalks a middle-aged professor, desperate to reveal that she alone understands his theories. Unable to earn his affection, she strategically seduces a former leftist guerilla and toys with him, blurring the lines between prey and predator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eParallel to this narrative, we follow little Kamtchowsky as she grows from sexually liberated adolescent to transgressive documentary filmmaker. Through her and her boyfriend Pabst's intellectual and sexual misadventures, we witness the underground scene of Buenos Aires as they dabble in ketamine, group sex, video games and pornography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs an aside, in 1917 Africa, a Dutch anthropologist named Johan van Vliet theorises the development of beast into man, and humanity's longstanding flirtation with beastly acts. 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