Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
The Naked Woman
The Naked Woman | Armonía Somers
7 posts | 2 read | 6 to read
When The Naked Woman was originally published in 1950, critics doubted a woman writer could be responsible for its shocking erotic content. Fantastic themes are juxtaposed with brutal depictions of misogyny and violence. Her first book to be translated into English, Armonía Somers will resonate with readers of Clarice Lispector, Djuna Barnes, and Leonora Carrington.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
quote
Bertha_Mason
The Naked Woman | Armonía Somers

""Tell me, Juan, talk to me from the upside-down world where you‘ve come to rest," she said, still walking forward. "What should I do now with something I cannot refuse or give away? What does one do with love born with a purpose? Where, in what being, in what thing, can I deposit something created for someone else, someone who disappears without taking it with them?""

quote
Bertha_Mason
The Naked Woman | Armonía Somers

"Her eyes and mouth were open as wide as they could go, providing both a fair reflection of her anxiety and an ample view of her half-chewed food."

quote
Bertha_Mason
The Naked Woman | Armonía Somers

"She lay on the bed and observed the moonlight filtering through the shutters; the black-and-white stripes made everything uniform. Several times she tried to close her eyes and slip between the bars, but they were waiting for her behind her eyelids."

quote
Bertha_Mason
The Naked Woman | Armonía Somers

"The stars shone down on her, clustered tightly as though their points had been soldered together."

review
GatheringBooks
The Naked Woman | Armonía Somers
post image
Pickpick

#BloomingBibliophiles Day 3: Not just #barefoot but naked too. The premise of this book is surreal, powerful, unapologetically strange. A woman who has just turned 30 moved into a remote location, decided to strip naked & walk through the woods –in an attempt to feel something, to be someone outside of what is expected of her, to simply liberate herself from social norms & conventions. By Uruguay novelist Somers. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-khf

40 likes2 comments
blurb
GatheringBooks
The Naked Woman | Armonía Somers
post image

Post hot stone massage tea and cookies. #WomenReadWomen2019

alisiakae Sounds (and looks) delightful! Enjoy! 6y
Bookwormjillk Ohhhh, sounds perfect 6y
84 likes2 comments
blurb
GatheringBooks
The Naked Woman | Armonía Somers
post image

Clear skies, green trees, the peaceful sea, our own private pool. Azure. My heart is still. Another title for our #WomenReadWomen2019 reading theme. Seems perfect for the distant blue out there. Hot stone massage next. Valentine Getaway Indeed.

gradcat Wow...just—wow! Gorgeous! 😠6y
DivineDiana Sounds heavenly. â¤ï¸ 6y
68 likes2 comments