{"product_id":"saga-of-brutes-9781628971460","title":"Saga of Brutes","description":"\u003ci\u003eSaga of Brutes\u003c\/i\u003e draws together three confronting and darkly comic stories: \"Between Dog Fights and Hog Slaughter,\" \"The Dirty Work of Others,\" and \"carbo animalis,\" published in one volume for the first time. Ana Paula Maia's no-holds barred narrative pulls few punches, describing a shocking reality of the lives of the invisible workingmen who, like Atlas, are forced to carry society's burdens. These heroes of vile circumstance--coal miners, firemen, garbage collectors, crematorium workers--are the soot-covered supermen who risk their lives performing difficult and dangerous work for others. But in the end, they, too, amount to nothing but \u003ci\u003ecarbo animalis\u003c\/i\u003e--notwithstanding the impure relation of coal to diamonds. Despite their straightforwardness, Ana Paula Maia's stories are filled with great insight and compassion for the lives of the men who live on the edge of a society built with their own sweat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAna Paula Maia\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1977 in the Nova Iguaçu suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has published five novels, among them: \u003ci\u003eEntre rinhas de cachorros e porcos abatidos, Carvão animal, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDe gados e homens\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eA guerra dos bastardos \u003c\/i\u003ewas deemed one of the best foreign police-thrillers published in Germany in 2013. She is also a screenwriter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Joy Forman\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eTall Slim \u0026amp; Erect: Portraits of the American Presidents \u003c\/i\u003e(Les Figues Press); and, she has translated Brazilian author Hilda Hilst's first novel\u003ci\u003e Phloem Flux\u003c\/i\u003e (2016, Nightboat Books\/A Bolha Editora). She lives in Rio de Janeiro.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50361278267666,"sku":"9781628971460","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c7879a2f-4dbd-47de-b971-e87a69fbe403.jpg?v=1728371388","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/saga-of-brutes-9781628971460","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}