{"product_id":"dead-girls-9781916277847","title":"Dead Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor of International Booker Finalist \u003cem\u003eNot a River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternationally acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eNot a River\u003c\/em\u003e, Selva Almada tackles the issue of gender violence in this hybrid work that follows in the tradition of Truman Capote's \u003cem\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/em\u003e or John Hersey's \u003cem\u003eHiroshima\u003c\/em\u003e .Evoking with intimate first-hand knowledge the heat and dust of provincial Argentina, with all its secrets and conflicting loyalties, Almada tells the stories of three young women murdered in the early 1980s, as the country was celebrating its return to democracy. Three deaths that were never brought to justice and occurred long before the term 'femicide' became widely known: nineteen-year-old Andrea Danne, stabbed in her own bed; fifteen-year-old María Luisa Quevedo, raped, strangled, and dumped in wasteland; and twenty-year-old Sarita Mundín, whose disfigured body washed up on a river bank. In this brutal yet deeply important book, Selva Almada weaves these and other cases of violence against women into a clear-eyed, multi-faceted portrait that has global resonance.This is not a police chronicle, although there is an investigation. This is not a thriller, although there is mystery and suspense. Hard-hitting and lyrical, Almada blazes a new trail in journalistic fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Selva Almada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Charco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781916277847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompared to Carson McCullers, William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor, \u003cstrong\u003eSelva Almada\u003c\/strong\u003e (Entre Ríos, Argentina, 1973) is considered one of the most powerful voices in contemporary Latin American literature and one of the most influential feminist intellectuals in the region. She has published several novels, a book of short stories, a book of journalistic fiction and a film diary (written on the set of Lucrecia Martel's film \u003cem\u003eZama\u003c\/em\u003e ). She has been finalist for the Medifé Prize, the Vargas Llosa Prize for Novels, the Rodolfo Walsh Award and of Tigre Juan Award. Her debut in English was \u003cem\u003eThe Wind that Lays Waste\u003c\/em\u003e (Winner of the EIBF First Book Award 2019), followed by \u003cem\u003eDead Girls\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), \u003cem\u003eBrickmakers\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), and \u003cem\u003eNot a River\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the IILA Prize in Italy).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnie McDermott\u003c\/strong\u003e is the translator of a dozen books from Spanish and Portuguese, by such writers as Mario Levrero, Ariana Harwicz, Brenda Lozano, Fernanda Trías and Lídia Jorge. She was awarded the Premio Valle-Inclán for her translation of \u003cem\u003eWars of the Interior\u003c\/em\u003e by Joseph Zárate, and her translation of \u003cem\u003eBrickmakers\u003c\/em\u003e by Selva Almada was shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. In 2024 her translation of Selva Almada's novel \u003cem\u003eNot a River\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. She has previously lived in Mexico City and São Paulo, and is now based in Hastings in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Selva Almada \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47566636613789,"sku":"9781916277847","price":29.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_cca66838-5b51-46a4-8d69-ff505e709e79.jpg?v=1768313847","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/dead-girls-9781916277847","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}