{"product_id":"stranger-to-the-moon-9780811228626","title":"Stranger to the Moon","description":"The renowned Colombian writer Evelio Rosero has never been one to shy away from the darker aspects of his nation's history and society. His magnificent novel \u003cem\u003eStranger to the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e portrays a world that seems to exist outside time and place but taps into the dark myths and collective subconscious of his country, with its harrowing inequality and violence. A parable of pointed social criticism, with naked humans imprisoned in a house in order to serve the needs of \"the vicious clothed ones,\" the novel describes what ensues when a single \"naked one\" privately rebels, risking his own death and that of his fellow prisoners. Each subsequent section of the book adds further layers to the ritualistic and bizarre social order inhabited by its characters. Insects and reptiles are trained as agents and spies against the naked ones, and only the most fortunate humans manage to reach old age by taking up strategic spots near the kitchens and grabbing for the fiercely contested food. Stranger to the Moon is a brave, powerful, and distinctive novel by a writer who arguably holds the strongest claim to the title of Colombia's greatest living author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosero, Evelio:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eEvelio Rosero, \u003c\/strong\u003e born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1958, is the author of several books of fiction--novels and short stories--plays, and poetry. For his body of work he was awarded Colombia's National Literature Prize by the Ministry of Culture. \u003cem\u003eThe Armies\u003c\/em\u003e won the prestigious Tusquets International Prize and has been longlisted for The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcLean, Anne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAnne McLean\u003c\/strong\u003e lives in Toronto and has translated the works of authors including Javier Cercas, Julio Cortázar, and Juan Gabriel Vásquez, and Enrique Vila-Matas.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeadowcroft, Victor:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eVictor Meadowcroft\u003c\/strong\u003e is based in Brighton, England, and translates from the Spanish and Portuguese.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50671506522386,"sku":"9780811228626","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d69c1503-f68b-4a7c-8e3a-e4956977b1c5.jpg?v=1733803034","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stranger-to-the-moon-9780811228626","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}