Paradais by Fernanda Melchor Paperback Book

Description: Paradais by Fernanda Melchor Author of the acclaimed novel Hurricane Season, Fernanda Melchor leads us into a different kind of hell: paradise FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Inside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around and get drunk. Franco, lonely, overweight, and addicted to porn, obsessively fantasises about seducing his neighbour--an attractive married woman and mother--while Polo dreams about quitting his gruelling job as a gardener in the gated community and fleeing his overbearing mother and their narco-controlled village. Facing the impossibility of getting what they think they deserve, Franco and Polo hatch a mindless and macabre scheme. Melchor is a thrilling writer, her electric prose charged with the power to transform the reader. Paradais explores the explosive nature of Mexicos brittle society, fractured by issues of race, class and violence--and confronts us with teenagers whose desires and hardships can tear life apart. Author Biography Fernanda Melchor was born in 1982 in Veracruz, Mexico. She is widely recognised as one of Mexicos most exciting new voices ( Guardian ). She won the Anna-Seghers-Preis and the International Literature Award for Hurricane Season , which was also longlisted for the National Book Award, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book. This Is Not Miami is a collection of narrative non-fiction pieces. Her most recent novel, Paradais , was published in 2022. She lives in Mexico. Review Fernanda Melchor has a powerful voice, and by powerful I mean unsparing, devastating, the voice of someone who writes with rage, and has the skill to pull it off. * Samanta Schweblin *Fernanda Melchor explores violence and inequity in this brutal novel. She does it with dazzling technical prowess, a perfect pitch for orality, and a neurosurgeons precision for cruelty. Paradais is a short inexorable descent into Hell. * Mariana Enríquez *The elemental cry of Ms. Melchors writing voice, a composite of anger and anguish, is entirely her own. * Wall Street Journal *Melchor evokes the stories of Flannery OConnor, or Marlon James A Brief History of Seven Killings. Impressive. * New York Times *Melchors feverish prose is fierce and all-consuming...The experience of reading this short book is both shocking and energising, but its worth noting that, while disconcerting, Melchors furious scrutiny of both misogyny and capitalism is never gratuitous. * Readings Monthly *Paradais explores the explosive nature of Mexicos brittle society, fractured by issues of race, class and violence and confronts us with teenagers whose desires and hardships can tear life apart. * The Paperback Bookshop *Time spent with her writing leaves no doubt: the unholy noise she creates is the work of someone who knows exactly which notes to hit...Melchors determination to show rather than judge, even amid mounting horror, preserves her characters humanity..."I wanted to write a novel that the reader just couldnt let go [of]", Melchor said of Hurricane Season. She succeeded, and now shes done it again. * Guardian *[Melchors] long, fevered sentences – which carry off daredevil moves, such as shifting tense and viewpoint from one clause to the next – combine with the emotional and physical violence of the story to produce a cacophonous effect. But time spent with her writing leaves no doubt: the unholy noise she creates is the work of someone who knows exactly which notes to hit. * Chris Power, Guardian *Paradais is a torrent of piss and shit and blood and semen, but for all its visceral realism it also possesses a mythic quality. Its all here: Elysium, the gates of Hades, and an explorer-hero whose great moment results only in him finding himself back where he started. * Review 31 *Melchor uses shock to lay bare issues of classism, misogyny, and the ravages of child abuse. Her prose, ably translated by Hughes, is dizzying but effective; its as if shes holding the readers head and daring them to look away from the social problems she brings to light. This might be a deeply disconcerting novel, but its also a brave one. A fever dream thats as hard to read as it is brilliant. * Kirkus *Melchor delivers us to her fools paradise with merciless precision, stripped of narrative luxuries like vengeance or confession, and instead debarking for a land where violence is simply a descriptive feature. * James Butler-Gruett, Cardiff Review *Were immediately drawn into [Melchors] world…[with] these running, rolling sentences…The writing just pulls you through, beginning to end. * RNZ Nine to Noon *A breathless, powerful read…Its confronting. Its awful. Its intelligent. Its hard to look away. I think its well worth it. * ABC RN Bookshelf *Melchor is an incredibly gifted writer. * New York Times *Melchor is a masterful writer. Her sentences are long yet breathless, and she will make your heart race. She skilfully captures class, violence, misogyny and intrusive thoughts with incredible detail, and offers a glimpse into inner worlds you might not otherwise see. * Big Issue *Melchors vulgar yet elegant prose crackles with explosive energy…Paradais is a blistering (and blisteringly intelligent) interrogation of privilege and class disparity. * Bram Presser *Brilliant, sinewy, streetwise...Melchors telling is psychologically revealing, finding ever deeper reservoirs of rage and dread in its characters. * LA Times *Fernanda Melchor is one of my favorite writers alive, and her latest novel, Paradais, translated by Sophie Hughes, is a slim, grotesque, and often breathless cataclysm, a story of contemporary moral decay that I truly could not put down. * The White Review * Review Quote Fernanda Melchor has a powerful voice, and by powerful I mean unsparing, devastating, the voice of someone who writes with rage, and has the skill to pull it off. Promotional "Headline" Author of the acclaimed novel Hurricane Season , Fernanda Melchor leads us into a different kind of hell- paradise Description for Sales People Paradaisis the highly-anticipated follow-up to Fernanda Melchors Hurricane Season, which was a literary sensation and shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize. Mexican writer Melchor has garnered a local following after appearing in online events for Melbournes Wheeler Centre and Adelaide Writers Week. Paradaishas been optioned for a feature film. Print and digital advertising, targeting readers of literary and translated fiction. Author will be pitched for events and interviews. Details ISBN1922458406 Author Fernanda Melchor Publisher The Text Publishing Company Format Paperback Year 2022 ISBN-13 9781922458407 Publication Date 2022-03-01 Imprint The Text Publishing Company Place of Publication Melbourne Country of Publication Australia Translated from Spanish AU Release Date 2022-03-01 NZ Release Date 2022-03-01 Pages 144 Illustrator Gladys Jose Birth 1927 Affiliation Clark University Position journalist Qualifications PsyD Alternative 9781922459718 Audience General Translator Sophie Hughes We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134793358;

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