{"product_id":"slash-and-burn-9781911508823","title":"Slash and Burn","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Claudia Hernández\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: And Other Stories\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: And Other Stories\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2022 Queen Sofía Spanish Institute\u003cbr\u003eTranslation Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Premio Valle-Inclan prize\u003cbr\u003efor its translation \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough\u003cbr\u003ewar and its aftermaths, a woman fights to keep her daughters safe.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a girl she sees her\u003cbr\u003evillage sacked and her beloved father and brothers flee. Her life in danger, \u003cbr\u003eshe joins the rebellion in the hills, where her comrades force her to\u003cbr\u003egive up the baby she conceives. Years later, having outlived countless men, she leaves to find her lost\u003cbr\u003edaughter, traveling across the Atlantic with meager resources. She returns to a\u003cbr\u003ecommunity riven with distrust, fear and hypocrisy in the wake of the\u003cbr\u003erevolution.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHernández's narrators have\u003cbr\u003ethe level gaze of ordinary women reckoning with extraordinary hardship.\u003cbr\u003eDenouncing the ruthless machismo of combat with quiet intelligence, \u003ci\u003eSlash and Burn\u003c\/i\u003e creates a\u003cbr\u003esuspenseful, slow-burning revelation of rural life in the aftermath of\u003cbr\u003epolitical trauma \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"And Other Stories","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45299785629847,"sku":"9781911508823","price":1067.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781911508823.webp?v=1769286042","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/slash-and-burn-9781911508823","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}