{"product_id":"the-front-9798990322448","title":"The Front","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the São Paulo Prize for Best Book of the Year, \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e by Edimilson de Almeida Pereira introduces us to a nameless figure who refers to himself only as a \"man-tree.\" He lives beneath the din of police helicopters and beside an imposing garbage dump, where, as a child, he'd hunt for books. How will he respond to a system that attempts, relentlessly, through its tedium and violence, to silence him? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis separation between there and here, between them and us, transformed the child in me too soon into an adult. There's something painful in this development, from being a child burning with joy, despite his own fear, to becoming a man who, every minute of the day, holds himself back from setting the world on fire. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishingly original novel, one that nevertheless brings to mind James Baldwin's unflinching critique of modern society and Clarice Lispector's daring experiments with language. \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e introduces to English-language readers an important, deeply poetic voice from contemporary Brazil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdimilson de Almeida Pereira was born in 1963 in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a prolific, award-winning novelist, poet and scholar, as well as a professor of literature at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e was the recipient of the 2021 São Paulo Prize for Best Book of the Year.\u003cbr\u003eJohnny Lorenz is a professor of literature at Montclair State University. He has translated celebrated writers such as Clarice Lispector and published a book of poems, \u003ci\u003eEducation by Windows\u003c\/i\u003e. His translation of Itamar Vieira Junior's \u003ci\u003eCrooked Plow\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the International Booker Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sundial House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572390232338,"sku":"9798990322448","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9d6e1cf6-f813-4d46-9b0b-14a0f4a917b3.jpg?v=1755859625","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-front-9798990322448","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}