{"product_id":"cousins","title":"Cousins","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCousins\u003c\/h1\u003eAurora Venturini\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003eMay 1 2023\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781593767297\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1593767293\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eFour women from La Plata, Argentina, are forced to suffer through a series of ordeals thanks to their impoverished, dysfunctional family--in this darkly comic literary masterpiece from Aurora Venturini, never before translated into English\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the age of eighty-five, Aurora Venturini stunned Argentine readers when her darkly funny and formally daring novel, \u003ci\u003eCousins\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLas primas\u003c\/i\u003e), won \u003ci\u003ePágina\/12'\u003c\/i\u003es New Novel Award. She had already written more than forty books, but it was only then, in 2007, that she was widely recognized as a paradigm-shifting voice in Spanish-language literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVenturini never stopped writing in her ninety-two years, and produced an oeuvre that is mischievous and stylish, vital and mysterious, and completely original. She lived a life immersed in the literature and culture of the twentieth century: her first award was given to her in person by Jorge Luis Borges; she was friends and colleagues with Eva Perón; and when she lived in exile in Paris, she socialized with a sparkling milieu of writers and philosophers, including Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCousins\u003c\/i\u003e, widely regarded as Venturini's masterpiece, is the story of four women from an impoverished, dysfunctional family in La Plata, Argentina, who are forced to suffer through a series of ordeals, including illegal abortions, miscarriages, sexual abuse, disfigurement, and murder, narrated by a daughter whose success as a painter offers her a chance to achieve economic independence and help her family as best as she can. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNeighborhood mythologies, family, female sexuality, vengeance, and social mobility through art are explored and scrutinized in the unmistakable voice of Yuna--who stares wildly at the world in which she is compelled to live--a voice unique in contemporary literature whose unconventional style can be candid, brutal, sharp, and utterly breathtaking. With the translation of \u003ci\u003eCousins\u003c\/i\u003e into several languages for the first time, Aurora Venturini is now being discovered internationally and championed as a major voice in Latin American literature.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390925635629,"sku":"19527","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_0b91c8a7-312d-4eb9-ae80-09df2f173090.jpg?v=1787349377","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/cousins","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}