Inside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around
and get drunk. Franco Andrade, lonely, overweight, and addicted to
porn, obsessively fantasizes about seducing his neighbor – an
attractive married woman and mother – while Polo dreams about
quitting his gruelling job as a gardener within the gated community
and fleeing his overbearing mother and their narco-controlled
village. Each facing the impossibility of getting what he thinks he
deserves, Franco and Polo hatch a mindless and macabre scheme.
Written in a chilling torrent of prose by one of our most thrilling
new writers, Paradais explores the explosive fragility of Mexican
society – fractured by issues of race, class and violence – and
how the myths, desires, and hardships of teenagers can tear life
apart at the seams.
General
Imprint: |
Fitzcarraldo Editions
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2022 |
First published: |
2019 |
Authors: |
Fernanda Melchor
|
Translators: |
Sophie Hughes
|
Dimensions: |
197 x 125 x 5mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
128 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-913097-87-5 |
Subtitles: |
Spanish
|
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-913097-87-0 |
Barcode: |
9781913097875 |
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