{"product_id":"crocodiles-at-night-9781646053766","title":"Crocodiles at Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrocodiles at Night\u003c\/i\u003e follows the difficult journey of death through the eyes of a woman as she travels between her home in Houston and her ailing father in Argentina.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dad died today. It was foretold, but I didn't see it coming.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the outcome of \u003ci\u003eCrocodiles at Night\u003c\/i\u003e does not remain a surprise beyond the first paragraph, it expands outwards in philosophical, heartfelt reverberations true to Heffes's style. \u003ci\u003eCrocodiles at Night\u003c\/i\u003e explores familial ties, memories and images of places that are no longer the same, the vagaries of the medical system, and social critique in this heartfelt, excruciating view of death and how it affects all who experience it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGisela Heffes\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture at Johns Hopkins University as well as a writer, ecocritic, and public intellectual with a particular focus on literature, media, and the environment in Latin America. She is the author of several novels, including \u003ci\u003eIschia\u003c\/i\u003e (Deep Vellum, 2023). She currently resides in Silver Spring, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrady C. Wray\u003c\/b\u003e has taught Latin American literature, Spanish, and Translation at the University of Oklahoma for over two decades. He published the first bilingual critical edition of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz's \u003ci\u003eDevotional Exercises\u003c\/i\u003e. Apart from his critical work on women writers of the pre-modern period, his translations of poetry and fiction include \u003ci\u003eIschia\u003c\/i\u003e (Deep Vellum, 2023) and \u003ci\u003eThe Mobile Zero of Its Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) by Gisela Heffes; \u003ci\u003e2323 Stratford Ave.\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) by Marcelo Rioseco; and \u003ci\u003eSeries 201\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) by Luisa Valenzuela.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51346503696658,"sku":"9781646053766","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_71b37c06-6813-4ce2-b53b-d8ce4b58a04a.jpg?v=1749047652","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crocodiles-at-night-9781646053766","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}