{"product_id":"hurricane-season-9780811230735","title":"Hurricane Season","description":"The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse has the whole village investigating the murder. As the novel unfolds in a dazzling linguistic torrent, with each unreliable narrator lingering on new details, new acts of depravity or brutality, Melchor extracts some tiny shred of humanity from these characters--inners whom most people would write off as irredeemable--forming a lasting portrait of a damned Mexican village. \u003cp\u003eLike Roberto Bola?o's \u003cem\u003e2666\u003c\/em\u003e or Faulkner's novels, \u003cem\u003eHurricane Season\u003c\/em\u003e takes place in a world saturated with mythology and violence--real violence, the kind that seeps into the soil, poisoning everything around: it's a world that becomes more and more terrifying the deeper you explore it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHughes, Sophie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSOPHIE HUGHES \u003c\/strong\u003ehas translated numerous Spanish-language authors, including José Revueltas and Fernanda Melchor for New Directions.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelchor, Fernanda:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born in Veracruz, Mexico, in 1982, \u003cstrong\u003eFernanda Melchor\u003c\/strong\u003e is \"one of Mexico's most exciting new voices\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e). Her novel \u003cem\u003eHurricane Season\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, longlisted for the National Book Award, and was a New York Times Notable Book.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50584652415250,"sku":"9780811230735","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b26f4a02-3977-4144-9d8d-65bb14a418a5.jpg?v=1732035501","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hurricane-season-9780811230735","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}