{"product_id":"fresh-dirt-from-the-grave-paperback","title":"Fresh Dirt from the Grave - 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\u003eGiovanna Rivero\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIsabel Adey\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipwrecks, dive bars, possession, and science--this is where contemporary horrors and ancient terrors meet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Fresh Dirt from the Grave\u003c\/em\u003e, a hillside is \"an emerald saddle teeming with evil and beauty.\" It is this collision of harshness and tenderness that animates Giovanna Rivero's short stories, where no degree of darkness (buried bodies, lost children, wild paroxysms of violence) can take away from the gentleness she shows all violated creatures. A mad aunt haunts her family, two Bolivian children are left on the outskirts of a Metis reservation outside Winnipeg, a widow teaches origami in a women's prison and murders, housefires, and poisonings abound, but so does the persistent bravery of people trying to forge ahead in the face of the world. They are offered cruelty, often, indifference at best, and yet they keep going. Rivero has reworked the boundaries of the gothic to engage with pre-Columbian ritual, folk tales, sci-fi and eroticism, and found in the wound their humanity and the possibility of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGiovanna Rivero\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in the city of Montero, Santa Cruz, Bolivia in 1972 and is a writer of short stories and novels. She holds a doctorate in Hispano-American literature. In 2004, she studied on the Iowa Writing Program and in 2006 she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship that enabled her to take a masters in Latin American literature at the University of Florida. In 2014, she received her doctorate from the same university.​ In 2011, she was selected by the Guadalajara Book Fair as one of the 25 upcoming stars of Latin American literature.She is the author of the books of short stories \u003cem\u003eLas bestias\u003c\/em\u003e (1997, Premio Municipal Santa Cruz), \u003cem\u003eContraluna\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), \u003cem\u003eSangre dulce\u003c\/em\u003e(2006), \u003cem\u003eNiñas y detectives\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) and \u003cem\u003ePara comerte mejor\u003c\/em\u003e (2015, Premio Dante Alighieri 2018). She has also published the books for children \u003cem\u003eLa dueña de nuestros sueños\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), which received the Premio en Cuentos Franz Tamayo, and \u003cem\u003eLo más oscuro del bosque\u003c\/em\u003e (2015, recommended book of the year by the Bolivian Academy of Children's Literature). She has published four novels: \u003cem\u003eLas camaleonas\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), \u003cem\u003eTukzon\u003c\/em\u003e (2008), \u003cem\u003eHelena 2022\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003e98 segundos sin sombra\u003c\/em\u003e (2014, Premio Audiobook Narration and filmed by Bolivian director Juan Pablo Richter). Her literary work, which moves between horror literature and science fiction, is regarded as an immense contribution to the renovation of the fantastic genre in Latin America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIsabel Adey\u003c\/strong\u003e is a translator (Spanish and German to English) and editor based in Edinburgh. She has taught translation at the postgraduate level and has been translating professionally since 2011. Former winner of the Goethe-Institut Emerging Translators' Program, she has a passion for unusual books that deal with cultural identity, women's rights, and migration. Her debut translation of Marc Raabe's novel_ Homesick (_Zaffre Publishing) was brought out in 2018. She has also translated \u003cem\u003eSelf-criticism\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTea in Augsburg\u003c\/em\u003e by the Colombian writer Marvel Moreno, in collaboration with Charlotte Coombe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 155\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52532718829875,"sku":"9781913867515","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VVhJY3k1Mm95aFZ4Y3JTR2FVRHZ0Zz09.webp?v=1760705854","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/fresh-dirt-from-the-grave-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}