Paradais
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Hughes, Sophie 1986- translator.
Published
New York : A New Directions Book, 2022.
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Published
New York : A New Directions Book, 2022.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
112 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
"Inside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around and get drunk. Franco Andrade, lonely, overweight, and addicted to porn, obsessively fantasizes about seducing his neighbor-an attractive married woman and mother-while Polo dreams about quitting his grueling job as a gardener within the gated community and fleeing his overbearing mother and their narco-controlled village. Each facing the impossibility of getting what he thinks he deserves, Franco and Polo hatch a mindless and macabre scheme. Written in a chilling torrent of prose by one of our most thrilling new writers, Paradais explores the explosive fragility of Mexican society-with its racist, classist, hyperviolent tendencies-and how the myths, desires, and hardships of teenagers can tear life apart at the seams"--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Equality -- Fiction.
Families -- Mexico -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Mexico -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Neighbors -- Mexico -- Fiction.
Novels.
Social problem fiction.
Teenagers -- Mexico -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Violence -- Mexico -- Fiction.
Wishes -- Fiction.
Families -- Mexico -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Mexico -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Neighbors -- Mexico -- Fiction.
Novels.
Social problem fiction.
Teenagers -- Mexico -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Violence -- Mexico -- Fiction.
Wishes -- Fiction.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Melchor, F., & Hughes, S. 1. (2022). Paradais (First edition.). A New Directions Book.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Melchor, Fernanda, 1982- and Sophie 1986- Hughes. 2022. Paradais. A New Directions Book.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Melchor, Fernanda, 1982- and Sophie 1986- Hughes. Paradais A New Directions Book, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Melchor, Fernanda, and Sophie 1986- Hughes. Paradais First edition., A New Directions Book, 2022.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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