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Human Sacrifices
Human Sacrifices | María Fernanda Ampuero
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A groundbreaking voice in contemporary Latin American literature, María 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.
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Human Sacrifices | María Fernanda Ampuero
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Believe it or not, I wasn't aware of a theme in my two purchases over the weekend. My fiancee took them out of the bag and was like: "Um, should I be concerned?" But in my mind, I was just leaving with a polyphonic novel set in Cuba and a horror anthology in translation from The Feminist Press ????

sarahbarnes I‘ve been curious about Black Cathedral - I‘ll be interested in your thoughts on it. 8mo
Billypar @sarahbarnes I never heard of it before - I just picked it up at random. But I've enjoyed the few books I've previously read that are narrated by many voices. 8mo
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