{"product_id":"cockfight-9781936932825","title":"Cockfight","description":"\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 Espa ol\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCockfight\u003c\/em\u003e is the debut work by Ecuadorian writer and journalist Mar a 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaría Fernanda Ampuero \u003c\/strong\u003eis a writer and journalist, born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 1976. She has published articles in newspapers and magazines around the world, as well as two nonfiction books: \u003cem\u003eLo que aprendí en la peluquería\u003c\/em\u003e y \u003cem\u003ePermiso de residencia\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eCockfight \u003c\/em\u003eis her first short story collection, and her first book to be translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrances Riddle\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and translator based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her recent book-length translations include \u003cem\u003eNot One Less \u003c\/em\u003eby María Pía López (forthcoming, Polity Press); \u003cem\u003ePlebeian Prose \u003c\/em\u003eby Néstor Perlongher (Polity Press 2019); \u003cem\u003eThe German Room \u003c\/em\u003eby Carla Maliandi (Charco Press 2018). Her short story translations, essays, and reviews have been published in the\u003cem\u003e White Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/em\u003e, the\u003cem\u003e Short Story Project\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649300304146,"sku":"9781936932825","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c3bed495-bee8-4e55-a689-fee3176e44b2.jpg?v=1733259717","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cockfight-9781936932825","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}