Paradais - Couverture souple

Melchor, Fernanda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 081123505X ISBN 13 : 9780811235051

Editeur : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2023

Synopsis

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 grueling 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--with its racist, classist, hyper violent tendencies--and how the myths, desires, and hardships of teenagers can tear life apart at the seams.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Born in Veracruz, Mexico, in 1982, Fernanda Melchor is "one of Mexico's most exciting new voices" (The Guardian). Her novel Hurricane Season was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, longlisted for the National Book Award, and was a New York Times Notable Book.

Sophie Hughes has also translated José Revueltas and Enrique Vila-Matas for New Directions. She was shortlisted for the 2019 and 2020 International Booker Prize.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 081123505X
• ISBN 13: 9780811235051
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
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• Personne responsable: non disponible