{"product_id":"hurricane-season-9780811230735","title":"Hurricane Season","description":"The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse has the whole village investigating the murder. As the novel unfolds in a dazzling linguistic torrent, with each unreliable narrator lingering on new details, new acts of depravity or brutality, Melchor extracts some tiny shred of humanity from these characters--inners whom most people would write off as irredeemable--forming a lasting portrait of a damned Mexican village. \u003cp\u003eLike Roberto Bolano's \u003cem\u003e2666\u003c\/em\u003e or Faulkner's novels, \u003cem\u003eHurricane Season\u003c\/em\u003e takes place in a world saturated with mythology and violence--real violence, the kind that seeps into the soil, poisoning everything around: it's a world that becomes more and more terrifying the deeper you explore it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fernanda Melchor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811230735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Man Booker International Prize - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHughes, Sophie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSOPHIE HUGHES \u003c\/strong\u003ehas translated numerous Spanish-language authors, including José Revueltas and Fernanda Melchor for New Directions.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelchor, Fernanda:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born in Veracruz, Mexico, in 1982, \u003cstrong\u003eFernanda Melchor\u003c\/strong\u003e is \"one of Mexico's most exciting new voices\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e). Her novel \u003cem\u003eHurricane Season\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, longlisted for the National Book Award, and was a New York Times Notable Book.","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46023986839766,"sku":"9780811230735","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/files\/img_658c024d-a35a-465e-8378-8558b6565967.jpg?v=1722336894","url":"https:\/\/bookclubonmain.com\/products\/hurricane-season-9780811230735","provider":"Book Club On Main","version":"1.0","type":"link"}