{"product_id":"loteria-9780062268556","title":"Loteria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A taut, fraught, look at tragedy, its aftermath, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive. With suspense, dread, and always the possibility for redemption, we watch as Zambrano flips the cards of chance and fate.\" -- Justin Torres, author of \u003cem\u003eWe The Animals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLoter a\u003c\/em\u003e, the spellbinding literary debut by Mario Alberto Zambrano, a young girl tells the story of her family's tragic demise using a deck of cards of the eponymous Latin American game of chance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith her older sister Estrella in the ICU and her father in jail, eleven-year-old Luz Castillo has been taken into the custody of the state. Alone in her room, she retreats behind a wall of silence, writing in her journal and shuffling through a deck of \u003cem\u003eloter a\u003c\/em\u003e cards. Each of the cards' colorful images--mermaids, bottles, spiders, death, and stars--sparks a random memory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePieced together, these snapshots bring into focus the joy and pain of the young girl's life, and the events that led to her present situation. But just as the story becomes clear, a breathtaking twist changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns affecting and inspiring, \u003cem\u003eLoter a\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful novel that reminds us of the importance of remembering, even when we are trying to forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful images of \u003cem\u003eloter a\u003c\/em\u003e cards are featured throughout this intricate and haunting novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZambrano, Mario Alberto:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMario Alberto Zambrano published his debut novel \u003cem\u003eLotería\u003c\/em\u003e in 2013 with Harper. He's the recipient of a Presidential Scholar Award, Princess Grace Award, NEA Fellowship in Literature, Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction, along with multiple residencies across the globe including Hawthornden Castle in Scotland, England. He has served as Lecturer in Theater, Dance \u0026amp; Media at Harvard University and is currently the Associate Director of Dance at The Juilliard School.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645350220050,"sku":"9780062268556","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9780a48c-a4c0-46eb-817d-164b80523852.jpg?v=1733149947","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/loteria-9780062268556","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}