The Adventures of China Iron
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I took off my dress and the petticoats and I put on the Englishman's breeches and shirt. I put on his neckerchief and asked Liz to take the scissors and cut my hair short. My plait fell to the ground and there I was, a young lad. Good boy she said to me, then pulled my face towards her and kissed me on the mouth. It surprised me, I didn't understand, I didn't know you could do that and it was revealed to me so naturally: why wouldn't you be able to do that? Liz's imperious tongue entered my mouth, her spicy, flowery saliva tasted like curry and tea and lavender water. 1872. The pampas of Argentina. China is a young woman eking out an existence in a remote gaucho encampment. After her no-good husband is conscripted into the army, China bolts for freedom, setting off on a wagon journey through the pampas in the company of her new-found friend Liz, a settler from Scotland. While Liz provides China with a sentimental education and schools her in the nefarious ways of the British Empire, their eyes are opened to the wonders of Argentina's richly diverse flora and fauna, cultures and languages, as well as to the ruthless violence involved in nation-building. This subversive retelling of Argentina's foundational gaucho epic Martín Fierro is a celebration of the colour and movement of the living world, the open road, love and sex, and the dream of lasting freedom. With humour and sophistication, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara has created a joyful, hallucinatory novel that is also an incisive critique of national myths.
Notes
Cámara, G. C. (2019). The Adventures of China Iron. [United States], Charco Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Cámara, Gabriela Cabezón. 2019. The Adventures of China Iron. [United States], Charco Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Cámara, Gabriela Cabezón, The Adventures of China Iron. [United States], Charco Press, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Cámara, Gabriela Cabezón. The Adventures of China Iron. [United States], Charco Press, 2019.
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