{"product_id":"pretend-youre-dead-and-i-carry-you-9781324097204","title":"Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eIt is a known fact that the queens who refuse their destiny are haunted. Rejection turns itself inward, a bullet to the heart of said queen, and unleashes, per Travesti Lore, a river of curses.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cloistered in a dreary Bogotá apartment, Ignacio's light has dimmed, leaving his teenage daughter, Valentina, to raise herself in the wake of her mother Alma's death. Lonely and love-starved, Valentina aches to discover the details of her mother's drowning, and for her father to snap out of his depression. But Ignacio can't. He spends listless afternoons smoking cigarettes in long blonde wigs, telenovelas humming in the background, haunted not only by matrimonial guilt, but by memories of a young man he once loved and betrayed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From Ignacio's tragic past emerges the luminous queen of Bogotá's queer underground, Mamadora Eléctrica, the wise travesti who he first met under the silvery lights of Club Aquario when he was just a shy country boy. With Alma gone, Mamadora steps in as a mother figure to Valentina the way she once did for the girl's father. But as an expert in Travesti Lore, she fears the worst: that Ignacio's self-destruction may have unleashed a curse on them all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From \"a writer who is grinding their own colors\" (Dwight Garner, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003ePretend You're Dead and I Carry You\u003c\/em\u003e is a profound and richly imagined story about coming undone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julián Delgado Lopera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.07h x 5.99w x 1.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324097204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDelgado Lopera, Julián:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJulián Delgado Lopera\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eFiebre Tropical\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and finalist for the Kirkus Prize and Aspen Literary Prize, among other honors. Born and raised in Colombia, Julián teaches Creative Writing at CUNY. He lives in Brooklyn.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Juli\u0026#195;\u0026#161;n Delgado Lopera \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48363747541149,"sku":"9781324097204","price":38.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d09b3fa5-f042-4e43-b5fa-f50caff71c21.jpg?v=1780428746","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/pretend-youre-dead-and-i-carry-you-9781324097204","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}