{"product_id":"the-week-of-colors-9781949641899","title":"The Week of Colors","description":"\u003cb\u003eShort stories from the \"cursed mother of magical realism\" (El Mundo), now in English for the first time \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman flits between two realities centuries apart, as scenes from the violent conquest of Mexico bleed their way into her comfortable contemporary life. Two little girls visit the home of a sorcerer who tortures women named after the days of the week. Girls become dogs, a laborer hides human bones in bricks he'll use to build a new development, and an old woman appears at an acquaintance's door one night with a knife and a bone-chilling confession.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith The Week of Colors, Elena Garro laid the groundwork for the literary movements that would shape the landscape of Latin American fiction and beyond. Here you'll find the early roots of magical realism, feminist horror, and anticolonial speculative fiction. In The Week of Colors, Garro highlights the violence in our history, our homes, and our hearts, in vivid color.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarro, Elena:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eElena Garro\u003c\/b\u003e (1916-1998) was a novelist, playwright, short story writer, journalist, and the inventor of magical realism, though she rejected the term as \"a cheap marketing label.\" The author of over 40 books, she wrote about the violence embedded in everyday life, with a focus on children, women, and indigenous people.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcDowell, Megan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMegan McDowell \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated many of the most important Latin American writers working today. Her translations have won numerous prizes, including the National Book Award, and have been nominated for the International Booker Prize four times. She is from Richmond, Kentucky, and lives in Barcelona, Spain.","brand":"Two Lines Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705500762386,"sku":"9781949641899","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_457b9789-1fe9-4daa-a6e4-601d23e4f4e5.jpg?v=1762348273","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-week-of-colors-9781949641899","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}