{"product_id":"a-carnival-of-atrocities-paperback","title":"A Carnival of Atrocities - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNatalia Garc?a Freire\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVictor Meadowcroft\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe residents of a desolate town nestled in the Ecuadorian Andes are forced to reckon with the legend of Mildred, a girl wronged by the town years ago\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCocu?n, a desolate town nestled between the hot jungle and the frigid Andes, is about to slip away from memory. This is where Mildred was born, and where everything she had--her animals, her home, her lands--was taken from her after her mother's death. Years later, a series of strange events, disappearances, and outbursts of collective delirium will force its residents to reckon with the legend of old Mildred. Once again, they will feel the shadow of death that has hung over the town ever since she was wronged. The voices of nine characters--Mildred, Ezequiel, Agustina, Manzi, Carmen, V?ctor, Baltasar, Hermosina, and Filatelio--tell us of the past and present of that doomed place and Mildred's fate.\u003cbr\u003eNatalia Garc?a Freire's vivid language blurs the lines between dreams and reality and transports the reader to the hypnotic Andean universe of Ecuador.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalia Garc?a Freire\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cuenca, Ecuador, in 1991. She teaches Creative Writing at Escuela de Escritores de Madrid. Garc?a Freire's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThis World Does Not Belong to Us\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in English by World Editions and One World in 2022. \u003ci\u003eThis World Does Not Belong to Us\u003c\/i\u003e won the English PEN Translation Award, was nominated for the Tigre Juan Award and selected by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the best Spanish-language books of 2019. It has been translated into Italian, French, Turkish, and Danish. \u003ci\u003eA Carnival of Atrocities\u003c\/i\u003e is Natalia Garc?a Freire's second novel published by World Editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictor Meadowcroft\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator from Spanish and Portuguese and a graduate of the University of East Anglia's master's programme in literary translation. His published translations include stories by Agustina Bessa-Lu?s in \u003ci\u003eTake Six: Six Portuguese Women Writers\u003c\/i\u003e (co-translation with Margaret Jull Costa, Dedalus Books, 2018) and \u003ci\u003eTo?o the Infallible\u003c\/i\u003e by Evelio Rosero (co-translation with Anne McLean, New Directions, 2022), which was shortlisted for the PEN Translation Prize in 2023 and longlisted for the Queen Sof?a Spanish Institute of Translation Prize in the same year. His translation of Natalia Garc?a Freire's \u003ci\u003eThis World Does Not Belong to Us\u003c\/i\u003e was published by World Editions in 2022 and was shortlisted for the TA First Translation Prize and the Premio Valle Incl?n.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 154\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378882506854,"sku":"9781642861518","price":27.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/BXYqed6vcG9781642861518.webp?v=1768912568","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-carnival-of-atrocities-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}