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She has stated in interviews that Mona is a "cannibalization" of her own experiences at writers' retreats. By writing a character who is a "Latin American woman with a past," Oloixarac cleverly shields herself from the very critique she is leveling. If you accuse her of racism, she can point out that she is the minority. If you accuse her of misogyny, she can point to Mona's strength. It is a brilliant, airtight cage of satire.

Mona looked at the horizon. Her hands were still.

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By the third week, the town began to change. The butcher dreamed of a city he’d never visited. The postman spoke in rhyming couplets without noticing. Mrs. Abney, who had not smiled since her husband drowned, laughed suddenly at a cloud shaped like a rabbit.

Argentine author Pola Oloixarac’s 2019 novel (translated into English in 2021) is a sharp, provocative satire of the global literary establishment. The story follows Mona, a Peruvian writer based in California, as she travels to Sweden for a prestigious literary award.