{"product_id":"paradais-9780811231329","title":"Paradais","description":"Inside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around and get drunk. Franco Andrade, lonely, overweight, and addicted to porn, obsessively fantasizes about seducing his neighbor--an attractive married woman and mother--while Polo dreams about quitting his grueling job as a gardener within the gated community and fleeing his overbearing mother and their narco-controlled village. Each facing the impossibility of getting what he thinks he deserves, Franco and Polo hatch a mindless and macabre scheme. \u003cp\u003eWritten in a chilling torrent of prose by one of our most thrilling new writers, \u003cem\u003eParadais\u003c\/em\u003e explores the explosive fragility of Mexican society--with its racist, classist, hyperviolent tendencies--and how the myths, desires, and hardships of teenagers can tear life apart at the seams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHughes, Sophie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSophie Hughes\u003c\/strong\u003e has also translated José Revueltas and Enrique Vila-Matas for New Directions. She was shortlisted for the 2019 and 2020 International Booker Prize.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644661534994,"sku":"9780811231329","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f35dacfc-884c-4dbd-a866-04a993aaac7e.jpg?v=1733121053","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/paradais-9780811231329","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}