Brickmakers

A piercing and passionate novel, set in rural Argentina, about violence and masculinity Oscar Tamai and Elvio...
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Author: Selva Almada
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Brickmakers by Almada, Selva

Brickmakers

$36.25

Brickmakers

$36.25
Author: Selva Almada
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A piercing and passionate novel, set in rural Argentina, about violence and masculinity

Oscar Tamai and Elvio Miranda, the patriarchs of two families of brickmakers, have for years nursed a mutual hatred, but their teenage sons, P jaro and ngelito, somehow fell in love. Brickmakers begins as P jaro and Marciano, ngelito's older brother, lie dying in the mud at the base of a Ferris wheel. Inhabiting a dreamlike state between life and death, they recall the events that forced them to pay the price of their fathers' petty feud.

The Tamai and Miranda f-amilies are caught, like the Capulets and the Montagues, in an almost mythic conflict, one that emerges from stubborn pride and intractable machismo. Like her heralded debut, The Wind That Lays Waste, Selva Almada's fierce and tender second novel is an unforgettable portrayal of characters who initially seem to stand in opposition, but are ultimately revealed to be bound by their similarities.

Almada enlarges the tradition of some of the most distinctive prose stylists of our time. In Brickmakers, she furthers her extraordinary exploration of masculinity and the realities of working-class rural life. This is another exquisitely written and powerfully told story by a major international voice.

Author: Selva Almada
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 11/02/2021
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.43w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9781644450697


Review Citation(s):
Shelf Awareness 11/05/2021

About the Author

Selva Almada is the author of The Wind That Lays Waste and Dead Girls. She is considered one of the most potent literary voices in Argentina and Latin America and one of the region's most influential feminist intellectuals.

Annie McDermott is a literary translator working from Spanish and Portuguese. Her translations include Dead Girls by Selva Almada, Empty Words and The Luminous Novel by Mario Levrero, Loop by Brenda Lozano, and Wars of the Interior by Joseph Zárate.

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