{"product_id":"thirst-9780593472064","title":"Thirst","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Vampires are making a comeback, and Yuszczuk is spearheading their revival with this bloody novel.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is the nineteenth century, the twilight of Europe's bloody bacchanals, and a vampire must escape. She arrives to the coast of Buenos Aires and, for the second time in her life, watches as villages transform into a cosmopolitan city. She adapts, intermingles with humans, and attempts to be discreet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In present-day Buenos Aires, a woman finds herself at an impasse as she grapples with her mother's terminal illness and her own relationship to motherhood. When she first encounters the vampire in a cemetery, something ignites inside the two women--and they cross a threshold from which there's no turning back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With echoes of Mary Shelley's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThirst \u003c\/i\u003eplays with the boundaries of the Gothic genre while exploring the limits of female agency, all-consuming desire, and the fragile vitality of even the most immortal of creatures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Channeling Carmen Maria Machado and Anne Rice, Yuszczuk reimagines the vampire novel, with a distinctly Latin American feminist Gothic twist.\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Millions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarina Yuszczuk\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Argentina in 1978. She is a writer and founding editor of Rosa Iceberg, a press focused on publishing writing by women. She is the author of multiple books of poetry, short-story collections, and novels. She has a PhD in literature from Universidad Nacional de la Plata and is a film critic for one of Argentina's top newspapers. \u003ci\u003eThirst \u003c\/i\u003eis her first book to be published in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dutton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50579901579538,"sku":"9780593472064","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c6c54d95-84f6-48eb-91f3-258c35e3f541.jpg?v=1744272793","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thirst-9780593472064","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}