{"product_id":"kingdom-cons-9781908276926","title":"Kingdom Cons","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \"A Silent Fury,\" available Summer 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Herrera is Mexico's greatest novelist.\"--Francisco Goldman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Herrera's novels are like little lights in a vast darkness. I want to see whatever he shows me.\"--Stephen Sparks, Green Apple Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Transmigration of Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e goes straight for the soul.\"--John Powers, \u003ci\u003eNPR Fresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the court of the King, everyone knows their place. But as the Artist wins hearts and egos with his ballads, uncomfortable truths emerge that shake the Kingdom to its core. Part surreal fable and part crime romance, this prize-winning novel from Yuri Herrera questions the price of keeping your integrity in a world ruled by patronage and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Actopan, Mexico, in 1970, \u003cb\u003eYuri Herrera\u003c\/b\u003e's English-language debut \u003ci\u003eSigns Preceding the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2016 Best Translated Book Award. His follow-up \u003ci\u003eThe Transmigration of Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e has built on the critical and popular success of its predecessor. He teaches at Tulane University in New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Dillman\u003c\/b\u003e is a US translator based in Atlanta, Georgia, where she translates Spanish, Catalan, and Latin American writers and teaches in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Emory University. She won the 2016 Best Translated Book Award for her translation of Yuri Herrera's \u003ci\u003eSigns Preceding the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e And Other Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781908276926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yuri Herrera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670200807580,"sku":"9781908276926","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_da680ebb-b809-4344-ac26-1c9430fd8c31.jpg?v=1603922073","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kingdom-cons-9781908276926","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}