{"product_id":"via-zpia-9780374612986","title":"Via Ápia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of Brazil's most acclaimed new literary stars, a twenty-first-century epic set in Rio's largest favela. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLife on the \u003ci\u003emorro\u003c\/i\u003e, the hill, is good. Five young people--the brothers Washington and Wesley and their friends Douglas, Murilo, and Biel--live close to Rocinha's main avenue, Via Ápia, just a quick bus ride from the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the rhythms of their lives stutter and scratch when Brazil's militarized police storm Rocinha as part of \"pacification\" efforts ahead of the upcoming World Cup and an influx of international tourists. \u003ci\u003eVia Ápia \u003c\/i\u003echarts the expectant anxiousness before the police's invasion, the chaos born from their occupation of the hill, and the aftermath of their silent withdrawal from the favela after one year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in heated bursts and marked by the charged chronology of the protagonists' lives, Geovani Martins's prodigious debut novel knits together the dramas and dreams of the favela during a peak of turbulent unrest. Like the \u003ci\u003eboom boom kat \u003c\/i\u003eof Brazilian funk, the unbridled ambitions and resolute friendships of these characters blare throughout \u003ci\u003eVia Ápia\u003c\/i\u003e, delivering a resonant counternarrative to the notion that violent interventions are the state's only remedy to the afflictions of crime and poverty. The favela retorts: life, life is the answer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeovani Martins\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His work was discovered when he took a creative writing course at FLUP, the literary festival of the Rio favelas. His first collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun on My Head \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eO Sol Na Cabeça\u003c\/i\u003e), was met with great critical and commercial success upon its publication in Brazil in 2018. His work has been translated into ten languages. He lives in Rio de Janeiro. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Sanches\u003c\/b\u003e translates works from Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan. Her translations include \u003ci\u003eSlash and Burn\u003c\/i\u003e by Claudia Hernández, for which she won a PEN\/Heim Award, as well as works by Noemi Jaffe, Daniel Galera, and Geovani Martins. She is a founding member of the Cedilla \u0026amp; Co. translators' collective, and she lives in Providence, Rhode Island.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fsg Originals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51415309844754,"sku":"9780374612986","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dcfa2034-a78c-4914-9fd5-2f4e2c410e34.jpg?v=1751133042","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/via-zpia-9780374612986","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}