{"product_id":"nefando-9781566896894","title":"Nefando","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA techno-horror portrait of the fears and desires of six young artists whose lives are upended by a controversial video game, from National Book Award finalist Mónica Ojeda.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix young artists share an apartment in Barcelona: Kiki Ortega, a researcher writing a pornographic novel; Iván Herrera, a writer whose prose reveals a deeply conflicted relationship with his body; three siblings, Irene, Emilio, and Cecilia, who quietly search for ways to transcend their abuse as children; and El Cuco Martínez, a video-game designer whose creations push beneath the substrate of the digital world. All of them are connected in different ways to \u003cem\u003eNefando, \u003c\/em\u003e a controversial cult video game whose purpose remains a mystery. In the parallel reality of the game, players found relief from the pain of past trauma and present shame, but also a frighteningly elastic sense of self and ethics. Is Nefando a game for horror enthusiasts, a challenge to players' morals, or a poetic exercise? What happens in a virtual world that admits every taboo?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnsparing, addictive, and perverse, \u003cem\u003eNefando\u003c\/em\u003e takes us to the darkest corners of the web, revealing the inevitable entanglement of digital and physical worlds, and of technology and horror. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566896894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs","brand":"M\u0026#243;nica Ojeda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103857705141,"sku":"9781566896894","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_71a350ed-b187-4448-b804-26d2a269ec0d.jpg?v=1693281413","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/nefando-9781566896894","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}