{"product_id":"all-that-dies-in-april-paperback","title":"All That Dies in April - 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\u003eMariana Travacio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSamantha Schnee\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eWill Morningstar\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in a stark landscape of cliffs and precipices high above the Argentine pampas, Mariana Travacio's \u003ci\u003eAll That Dies in April\u003c\/i\u003e follows the members of one small family as each makes a solitary journey out of their treacherous mountain home in search of a better life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hypnotic, almost ancestral voices echo through this novel like whispers in the wilderness, like orphan cries and wounds of light accompanying us on a powerful journey from which none of us will emerge unscathed.\" -Agustina Bazterrica, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTender is the Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLina has dreamt for years of leaving her tiny village in the drought-stricken region. Her son left long ago to find work and a better fortune. Relicario, her husband, is content to stay put in the land of his ancestors, tending to their graves. Ignoring Relicario's pleas, a desperate Lina decides to abandon their home in search of her son, work, and water. She starts her journey on foot, and Relicario eventually follows behind, bringing a donkey and a sack with his ancestors' bones. Both witness unspeakable violence, cruelty, and folly, but the hope of reuniting their family keeps them alive. \u003cbr\u003ePoetically charged, restrained, and delicately condensed, this is a suspenseful ancestral tale rooted in a long Latin American history of rural displacement and perpetual inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMariana Travacio\u003c\/b\u003e is the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of the novels \u003ci\u003eAll That Dies in April\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eComo si existiese el perdón\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as three short story collections. A former forensic psychologist and psychology professor, she was born in Rosario, grew up in São Paulo, and lives in Buenos Aires. Her stories have appeared in English in \u003ci\u003eLatin American Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTwo Lines Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been translated into over six languages. \u003ci\u003eAll That Dies in April\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Tigre Juan Award 2022 and is her first work to be published in English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamantha Schnee\u003c\/b\u003e is the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, which has published 4,400 writers from 139 countries since the online magazine launched in 2003. As a translator from Spanish, she is the recipient of a 2023 National Endowment of the Arts Literature Fellowship to translate eminent Mexican author Carmen Boullosa's novel \u003ci\u003eEl complot de los románticos\u003c\/i\u003e as well as a 2024 Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin to translate Irati Elorrieta's award-winning debut novel, \u003ci\u003eLuces de invierno.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill Morningstar\u003c\/b\u003e is a book editor and translator whose work is featured in Deep Vellum's \u003ci\u003eBest Literary Translations 2025\u003c\/i\u003e anthology and has appeared in journals such as the \u003ci\u003eNew England Review, ANMLY, Two Lines, Latin American Literature Today, Strange Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eMassachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in museums and cultural institutions throughout Spain. He is the publisher of Boston-based Diptych Press, a new initiative to foster dialogue about literature from around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379316322406,"sku":"9781642861570","price":27.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/D_NViu11Zz9781642861570.webp?v=1768918512","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/all-that-dies-in-april-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}