{"product_id":"the-bitch-9798217434749","title":"The Bitch","description":"\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATION \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A perfect book.\" --Kiran Desai, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Unforgettable. . . a powerful, jolting tale about class, motherhood and rage.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this intense, spare, brilliantly observed novel, a woman's dangerously primal feelings are awakened when she adopts an orphaned puppy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a bluff overlooking Colombia's rough Pacific coast, at the edge of the jungle--a world where nothing is taken for granted -Damaris lives in a shack with her fisherman husband. Her dream of a child unfulfilled and the warmth of her marriage cooled, she has reached the age \"when women dry up,\" as her uncle puts it. When the opportunity arises, she takes in a motherless puppy with eagerness and immediate affection. She does not yet know the risk she is taking in forging a bond that touches her most painful losses and her tenderest yearnings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn prose as terse as the villagers Damaris lives among, \u003ci\u003eThe Bitch\u003c\/i\u003e evokes the double-edged force of the instinct to nurture and the desperate desire to be nurtured in turn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pilar Quintana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.88h x 5.13w x 0.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217434749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePilar Quintana \u003c\/b\u003eis a Colombian novelist who has also worked as a screenwriter and copywriter. The translations of her most recent novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Bitch \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Abyss, \u003c\/i\u003ewere both shortlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. She has also won the Alfaguara Novel Prize and the Premio Biblioteca de Narrativa Colombiana. She lives in Bogota. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Dillman\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning translator of Spanish, Catalan, and Latin American writers who teaches at Emery University in Atlanta.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Pilar Quintana \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48910120157341,"sku":"9798217434749","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d32f055c-9458-432c-ae03-293eba9e965a.jpg?v=1789456096","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-bitch-9798217434749","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}