{"product_id":"moldy-strawberries-stories-9781953861207","title":"Moldy Strawberries: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaio Fernando Abreu is one of those authors who is picked up by every generation.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSurreal and gripping stories about desire, tyranny, fear, and love, from one of Brazil's greatest queer writers, whose work is appearing in English for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 18 gripping and daring stories filled with tension and intimacy, Caio Fernando Abreu navigates a Brazil transformed by the AIDS epidemic and stifling military dictatorship of the 80s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTenderly suspended between fear and longing, Abreu's characters grasp for connection: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e A man speckled with Carnival glitter crosses a crowded dance floor and seeks the warmth and beauty of another body.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e A budding office friendship between two young men turns into a surprising love, \"a strange and secret harmony. One man desires another but fears a clumsy word or gesture might tear their plot to pieces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter so many precarious offerings--a salvaged cigarette, a knock on the door from withing the downpour of a dream, or a tight-lipped smile--Abreu's schemes explode and implode. Junkies, failed revolutionaries, poets, and conflicted artists face threats at every turn. But, inwardly ferocious and secretly resilient, they heal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Caio Fernando Abreu there is beauty on the horizon, mingled with luminous memory and decay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslated by Bruna Dantas Lobato, currently an Iowa Arts Fellow and MFA candidate in Literary Translation at the University of Iowa.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archipelago Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953861207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Caio Abreu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41968439394485,"sku":"9781953861207","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_69f99cc0-4289-4f6c-96ca-7411c416a646.jpg?v=1647958000","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/moldy-strawberries-stories-9781953861207","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}