{"product_id":"the-rooftop-9781913867041","title":"The Rooftop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a rundown apartment building, in an unnamed city in Uruguay, a father and daughter close themselves off from the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The world is this house,\" says Clara, and the rooftop becomes their last recess of freedom. A pet canary is their only witness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Clara's connection to the outside is stripped away--the neighbor who stops coming by, the lover whose existence is only known by a pregnancy--desperation and paranoia take hold. It's a stifling embrace, and we are there with her, our narrator, dreading what we know the future holds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered to be one of the authors forming part of the 'new Latin American Boom' of women writers, \u003cstrong\u003eFernanda Trías\u003c\/strong\u003e (Uruguay, 1976) is without doubt one of the most prominent literary voices in today's River Plate region and in all of Latin America. Her books have been published in Spain as well as in Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico, and France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnie McDermott\u003c\/strong\u003e is the translator of a dozen books from Spanish and Portuguese, by such writers as Mario Levrero, Ariana Harwicz, Brenda Lozano, Fernanda Trías and Lídia Jorge. She was awarded the Premio Valle-Inclán for her translation of \u003cem\u003eWars of the Interior\u003c\/em\u003e by Joseph Zárate, and her translation of \u003cem\u003eBrickmakers\u003c\/em\u003e by Selva Almada was shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. She has previously lived in Mexico City and São Paulo, Brazil, and is now based in Hastings, in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Charco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631769882898,"sku":"9781913867041","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4eaf8d5c-2124-4106-811b-6de3736fb37d.jpg?v=1732782571","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rooftop-9781913867041","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}