{"product_id":"the-front-paperback-1","title":"The Front - 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\u003eEdimilson de Almeida Pereira\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohnny Lorenz\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the São Paulo Prize for Best Book of the Year, \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e by Edimilson de Almeida Pereira introduces us to a nameless figure who refers to himself only as a \"man-tree.\" He lives beneath the din of police helicopters and beside an imposing garbage dump, where, as a child, he'd hunt for books. How will he respond to a system that attempts, relentlessly, through its tedium and violence, to silence him? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis separation between there and here, between them and us, transformed the child in me too soon into an adult. There's something painful in this development, from being a child burning with joy, despite his own fear, to becoming a man who, every minute of the day, holds himself back from setting the world on fire. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishingly original novel, one that nevertheless brings to mind James Baldwin's unflinching critique of modern society and Clarice Lispector's daring experiments with language. \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e introduces to English-language readers an important, deeply poetic voice from contemporary Brazil.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdimilson de Almeida Pereira was born in 1963 in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a prolific, award-winning novelist, poet and scholar, as well as a professor of literature at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e was the recipient of the 2021 São Paulo Prize for Best Book of the Year.\u003cbr\u003eJohnny Lorenz is a professor of literature at Montclair State University. He has translated celebrated writers such as Clarice Lispector and published a book of poems, \u003ci\u003eEducation by Windows\u003c\/i\u003e. His translation of Itamar Vieira Junior's \u003ci\u003eCrooked Plow\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the International Booker Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52583072432435,"sku":"9798990322448","price":28.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/72QXeureBf9798990322448.webp?v=1761555261","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-front-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}