{"product_id":"comemadre-paperback","title":"Comemadre - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoque Larraquy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHeather Cleary\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Latin American \u003ci\u003eFlatliners\u003c\/i\u003e: a smart, engrossing, and darkly funny novel experimenting with where life and love begin and end.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the outskirts of Buenos Aires in 1907, Doctor Quintana pines for head nurse Menéeacute;ndez while he and his colleagues embark on a grisly series of experiments to investigate the line between life and death. One hundred years later, a celebrated artist goes to extremes in search of aesthetic transformation, turning himself into an art object. How far are we willing to go, Larraquy asks, in pursuit of transcendence? The world of \u003ci\u003eComemadre\u003c\/i\u003e is full of vulgarity, excess, and farce: strange ants that form almost perfect circles, missing body parts, obsessive love affairs, and flesh-eating plants. Here the monstrous is not alien, but the consequence of our relentless pursuit of collective and personal progress.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoque Larraquy is an Argentinian writer, screenwriter, professor of narrative and audiovisual design, and the author of two books, \u003ci\u003eLa comemadre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInforme sobre ectoplasma animal\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eComemadre\u003c\/i\u003e will be his first book published in English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeather Cleary's translations include César Rendueles's \u003ci\u003eSociophobia\u003c\/i\u003e, Sergio Chejfec's \u003ci\u003eThe Planets\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, and a selection of Oliverio Girondo's poetry for New Directions.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43423912427587,"sku":"9781566895156","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/store7994.com\/products\/comemadre-paperback","provider":"STORE 7994","version":"1.0","type":"link"}