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 the New York Times en Espa ol, Cockfight is the debut work by Ecuadorian writer and journalist Mar a 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, Cockfight explores the power of the home to both create and destroy those within it.
Author: María Fernanda Ampuero
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Feminist Press
Published: 05/05/2020
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781936932825
Language: English
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