{"product_id":"cockfight-9781936932825","title":"Cockfight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Ecuadorian short story collection explores \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edomestic horrors and everyday violence, a \"grotesque, unflinching\" portrait of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e twenty-first-century Latin America (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Ampuero's literary voice is tough and beautiful at once: her stories are exquisite and dangerous objects.\" --Yuri Herrera, author of \u003cem\u003eSigns Preceding the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNamed one of the ten best fiction books of 2018 by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times en Espa ol\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCockfight\u003c\/em\u003e is the debut work by Ecuadorian writer and journalist Mar a Fernanda Ampuero.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn lucid and compelling prose, Ampuero sheds light on the hidden aspects of the home: the grotesque realities of family, coming of age, religion, and class struggle. A family's maids witness a horrible cycle of abuse, a girl is auctioned off by a gang of criminals, and two sisters find themselves at the mercy of their spiteful brother. With violence masquerading as love, characters spend their lives trapped reenacting their past traumas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeralding a brutal and singular new voice, \u003cem\u003eCockfight \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the power of the home to both create and destroy those within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936932825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mar\u0026#237;a Fernanda Ampuero","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671197151388,"sku":"9781936932825","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dfc20659-dbe3-41f9-9a11-3f16647764c4.jpg?v=1603924808","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cockfight-9781936932825","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}