Summary
This Ecuadorian short story collection explores domestic horrors and everyday violence, a "grotesque, unflinching" portrait of twenty-first-century Latin America (Publishers Weekly).
"Ampuero's literary voice is tough and beautiful at once: her stories are exquisite and dangerous objects." --Yuri Herrera, author of Signs Preceding the End of the World
Named one of the ten best fiction books of 2018 by theNew York Times en Español,Cockfight is the debut work by Ecuadorian writer and journalist María Fernanda Ampuero.
In lucid and compelling prose, Ampuero sheds light on the hidden aspects of the home: the grotesque realities of family, coming of age, religion, and class struggle. A family's maids witness a horrible cycle of abuse, a girl is auctioned off by a gang of criminals, and two sisters find themselves at the mercy of their spiteful brother. With violence masquerading as love, characters spend their lives trapped reenacting their past traumas.
Heralding a brutal and singular new voice,Cockfightexplores the power of the home to both create and destroy those within it.
Contents
AuctionMonsters
Griselda
Nam
Pups
Blinds
Christ
Passion
Mourning
Ali
Coro
Bleach
Other.
Published Reviews
Publisher's Weekly Review: "Additional Information
Subjects |
Ecuador
-- Social conditions
-- 21st century
-- Fiction.
Short stories. Social problem fiction. |
Publisher | New York City :2020 |
Edition | First Feminist Press edition. |
Other Titles | Short stories. |
Contributors |
Riddle, Frances,
translator. |
Language |
English |
Description |
117 pages ; 21 cm |
ISBN | 9781936932825 1936932822 |
Other | Classic View |