{"product_id":"we-are-green-and-trembling-9780811238618","title":"We Are Green and Trembling","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeep in the wilds of the New World, Antonio de Erauso begins to write a letter to his aunt, the prioress of the Basque convent he escaped as a young girl. Since fleeing a dead-end life as a nun, he's become Antonio and undertaken monumental adventures: he has been a mule driver, shopkeeper, soldier, cabin boy, and conquistador; he has wielded his sword and slashed with his dagger. Now, caring for two Guaraní girls he rescued from enslavement, and hounded by the army he deserted, this protean protagonist contemplates one more metamorphosis, which just might save the new world from extinction...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the life of Antonio de Erauso, a real figure of the Spanish conquest, \u003cem\u003eWe Are Green and Trembling\u003c\/em\u003e is a queer baroque satire and a historical novel that blends elements of the picaresque with surreal storytelling. Its rich and wildly imaginative language forms a searing criticism of conquest and colonialism, religious tyranny, and the treatment of women and indigenous people. It is a masterful subversion of Latin American history with a trans character at its center, finding in the rainforest a magical, surreal space where transformation is not only possible but necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMyers, Robin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Robin Myers is a Mexico City-based poet and translator. A 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellow, she has been longlisted twice for the National Translation Award in poetry and won the 2019 Poems in Translation Contest (Words Without Borders \/ Academy of American Poets). Her work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCámara, Gabriela Cabezón:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The Argentine writer \u003cstrong\u003eGabriela Cabezón Cámara\u003c\/strong\u003e (b. 1968) has worked at varied jobs, from selling car insurance in the street to cultural journalism. She is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eSlum Virgin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRomance of the Blonde Brunette\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of China Iron\u003c\/em\u003e, which was shortlisted for the International Booker and Médicis prizes. She is an environmental activist and a co-founder of the feminist movement Niuna menos.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51325392978194,"sku":"9780811238618","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_73d84d16-2259-4a36-a244-78fa358101e6.jpg?v=1748731949","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/we-are-green-and-trembling-9780811238618","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}