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Human Sacrifices (Paperback)
Maria Fernanda Ampuero; Translated by Frances Riddle
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An undocumented woman answers a job posting only to find herself
held hostage; a group of outcasts obsess over boys drowned while
surfing; and an unhappy couple finds themselves trapped in a
terrifying maze. With scalpel-like precision, Ampuero considers the
price paid by those on the margins so that the elite might lounge
comfortably, considering themselves safe in their homes.
Simultaneously terrifying and exquisite, Human Sacrifices is
'tropical gothic' at its finest-decay and oppression underlie our
humid and hostile world, where working-class women and children are
consistently the weakest links in a capitalist economy. Against
this backdrop of corrosion and rot, these twelve stories
contemplate the nature of exploitation and abuse, illuminating the
realities of those society consumes for its own pitiless ends.
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Cockfight (Paperback)
Maria Fernanda Ampuero; Translated by Frances Riddle
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Cockfight (Paperback)
Maria Fernanda Ampuero; Translated by Frances Riddle
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Named one of the ten best fiction books of 2018 by the New York
Times en Espanol, Cockfight is the debut work by Ecuadorian writer
and journalist Maria Fernanda Ampuero. In lucid and compelling
prose, Ampuero sheds light on the hidden aspects of the home: the
grotesque realities of family, coming of age, religion, and class
struggle. A family's maids witness a horrible cycle of abuse, a
girl is auctioned off by a gang of criminals, and two sisters find
themselves at the mercy of their spiteful brother. With violence
masquerading as love, characters spend their lives trapped
reenacting their past traumas. Heralding a brutal and singular new
voice, Cockfight explores the power of the home to both create and
destroy those within it.
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