{"product_id":"of-cattle-and-men-9781913867492","title":"Of Cattle and Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnimals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated corner of Brazil.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a landscape worthy of Cormac McCarthy, the river runs septic with blood. Edgar Wilson makes the sign of the cross on the forehead of a cow, then stuns it with a mallet. He does this over and over again, as the stun operator at Senhor Milo's slaughterhouse: reliable, responsible, quietly dispatching cows and following orders, wherever that may take him. It's important to calm the cows, especially now that they seem so unsettled: they have begun to run in panic into walls and over cliffs. Bronco Gil, the foreman, thinks it's a jaguar or a wild boar. Edgar Wilson has other suspicions. But what is certain is that there is something in this desolate corner of Brazil driving men, and animals, to murder and madness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAna Paula Maia\u003c\/strong\u003e (Brazil, 1977) is an author and scriptwriter and has published several novels, including \u003cem\u003eO habitante das falhas subterráneas\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), \u003cem\u003eDe gados e homens\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), and the trilogy \u003cem\u003eA saga dos brudos, \u003c\/em\u003e comprising \u003cem\u003eEntre rinhas de cachorros e porcos abatidos\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), \u003cem\u003eO trabalho sujo dos outros\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) and \u003cem\u003eCarvão animal\u003c\/em\u003e (2011). Her novel \u003cem\u003eA guerra dos bastardos\u003c\/em\u003e (2007) won praise in Germany as among the best foreign detective fiction. As a scriptwriter she has worked on a wide range of projects for television, cinema and theatre.The author won the São Paulo de Literatura Prize for Best Novel of the Year two years in a row: in 2018 for her novel \u003cem\u003eAssim na Terra como embaixo da Terra, \u003c\/em\u003e and in 2019 for \u003cem\u003eEnterre Seus Mortos\u003c\/em\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZoë Perry\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Canadian-American translator who has translated work by several contemporary Portuguese-language authors, including Emilio Fraia, Clara Drummond, Rodrigo de Souza Leão, Lourenço Mutarelli, and Carol Bensimon. Her translations have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAstra\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003en+1\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review.\u003c\/em\u003e Zoë was awarded a PEN\/Heim grant for her translation of Veronica Stigger's \u003cem\u003eOpisanie Swiata\u003c\/em\u003e and was selected for a residency at the Banff International Translation Centre for her translation of Emilio Fraia's \u003cem\u003eSevastopol\u003c\/em\u003e . Her translation of Ana Paula Maia's \u003cem\u003eOf Cattle and Men\u003c\/em\u003e won the inaugural Cercador Prize for Literature in Translation in 2023. She is a founding member of the Starling Bureau, a translators collective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Charco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50617493356818,"sku":"9781913867492","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e538ca79-f319-4534-b22e-fa13df495ede.jpg?v=1732520035","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/of-cattle-and-men-9781913867492","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}