{"product_id":"cousins-9781593767297","title":"Cousins","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe literary masterpiece of Aurora Venturini, a major voice in international literature, never before translated into English\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the age of eighty-five, Aurora Venturini stunned Argentine readers when her darkly funny and formally daring novel, \u003ci\u003eCousins\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLas primas\u003c\/i\u003e), won \u003ci\u003ePágina\/12'\u003c\/i\u003es New Novel Award. She had already written more than forty books, but it was only then, in 2007, that she was widely recognized as a paradigm-shifting voice in Spanish-language literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVenturini never stopped writing in her ninety-two years, and produced an oeuvre that is mischievous and stylish, vital and mysterious, and completely original. She lived a life immersed in the literature and culture of the twentieth century: her first award was given to her in person by Jorge Luis Borges; she was friends and colleagues with Eva Perón; and when she lived in exile in Paris, she socialized with a sparkling milieu of writers and philosophers, including Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCousins\u003c\/i\u003e, widely regarded as Venturini's masterpiece, is the story of four women from an impoverished, dysfunctional family in La Plata, Argentina, who are forced to suffer through a series of ordeals, including illegal abortions, miscarriages, sexual abuse, disfigurement, and murder, narrated by a daughter whose success as a painter offers her a chance to achieve economic independence and help her family as best as she can. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNeighborhood mythologies, family, female sexuality, vengeance, and social mobility through art are explored and scrutinized in the unmistakable voice of Yuna--who stares wildly at the world in which she is compelled to live--a voice unique in contemporary literature whose unconventional style can be candid, brutal, sharp, and utterly breathtaking. With the translation of \u003ci\u003eCousins\u003c\/i\u003e into several languages for the first time, Aurora Venturini is now being discovered internationally and championed as a major voice in Latin American literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593767297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aurora Venturini","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42776238981301,"sku":"9781593767297","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e471d4ae-ba22-40f6-adc5-52d5b856ade3.jpg?v=1679412008","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cousins-9781593767297","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}