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Human Sacrifices

De : María Fernanda Ampuero, Frances Riddle - translator
Lu par : Raquel Beattie
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A groundbreaking voice in contemporary Latin American literature, Maria Fernanda Ampuero's writing is "raw and savage" as she confronts machismo, inequity, and violence in this acclaimed short story collection (Vistazo).

An undocumented woman answers a job posting only to find herself held hostage, a group of outcasts obsess over boys drowned while surfing, and an unhappy couple finds themselves trapped in a terrifying maze. With scalpel-like precision, Ampuero considers the price paid by those on the margins so that the elite might lounge comfortably, considering themselves safe in their homes.

Simultaneously terrifying and exquisite, Human Sacrifices is "tropical gothic" at its finest—decay and oppression underlie our humid and hostile world, where working-class women and children are consistently the weakest links in a capitalist economy. Against this backdrop of corrosion and rot, these twelve stories contemplate the nature of exploitation and abuse, illuminating the realities of those society consumes for its own pitiless ends.

Contains mature themes.

©2021 María Fernanda Ampuero; English translation copyright 2023 by Frances Riddle (P)2023 Tantor
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A haunting and visceral collection of dark stories. Horror, yes, but the kind that creeps under your skin rather than splashing blood on the page. Ampuero’s horror and violence is psychological, economic, social, and profoundly human. She builds an atmosphere of rot and unease: not the rot of corpses, but of systems.

The rot of our humanity

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