{"product_id":"chronicle-of-the-murdered-house-9781940953502","title":"Chronicle of the Murdered House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2017 Best Translated Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2017 National Translation Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book itself is strange--part Faulknerian meditation on the perversities, including sexual, of degenerate country folk; part Dostoevskian examination of good and evil and God--but in its strangeness lies its rare power, and in the sincerity and seriousness with which the essential questions are posed lies its greatness.\"--Benjamin Moser, from the introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong considered one of the most important works of twentieth-century Brazilian literature, \u003ci\u003eChronicle of the Murdered House \u003c\/i\u003eis finally available in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, the novel relates the dissolution of a once proud patriarchal family that blames its ruin on the marriage of its youngest son, Valdo, to Nina--a vibrant, unpredictable, and incendiary young woman whose very existence seems to depend on the destruction of the household. This family's downfall, peppered by stories of decadence, adultery, incest, and madness, is related through a variety of narrative devices, including letters, diaries, memoirs, statements, confessions, and accounts penned by the various characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL cio Cardoso \u003c\/b\u003e(1912-1968) turned away from the social realism fashionable in 1930s Brazil and opened the doors of Brazilian literature to introspective works such as those of Clarice Lispector--his greatest follower and admirer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Jull Costa \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated dozens of works from both Spanish and Portuguese, including books by Javier Mar as and Jos  Saramago. Her translations have received numerous awards, including the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. In 2014 she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Patterson \u003c\/b\u003ewas mentored by Margaret Jull Costa, and has translated \u003ci\u003eOur Musseque \u003c\/i\u003eby Jos  Luandino Vieira.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940953502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/17\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2017 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lucio Cardoso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671547965596,"sku":"9781940953502","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_43634929-b22d-4cd4-bc72-2ddceb01dcf0.jpg?v=1603925668","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/chronicle-of-the-murdered-house-9781940953502","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}