{"product_id":"cockfight","title":"Cockfight","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eCockfight\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMaría Fernanda Ampuero\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781936932825\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Feminist Press at CUNY\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Ecuadorian short story collection explores \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edomestic horrors and everyday violence, a grotesque, unflinching portrait of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e twenty-first-century Latin America (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Ampuero's literary voice is tough and beautiful at once: her stories are exquisite and dangerous objects.\" --Yuri Herrera, author of \u003cem\u003eSigns Preceding the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNamed one of the ten best fiction books of 2018 by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times en Español\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCockfight\u003c\/em\u003e is the debut work by Ecuadorian writer and journalist María Fernanda Ampuero.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeralding a brutal and singular new voice, \u003cem\u003eCockfight \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the power of the home to both create and destroy those within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The Feminist Press at CUNY","offers":[{"title":"Cockfight | María Fernanda Ampuero | Quality | 9781936932825 | New | Fiction 1209537","offer_id":50550516973826,"sku":"1209537","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/414S246PSOL.jpg?v=1790467651","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/cockfight","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}