{"product_id":"fish-soup-paperback","title":"Fish Soup - 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\u003eMargarita García Robayo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Coombe\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"...a gorgeous, blackly humorous look into the lives of Colombians struggling to find their place in society, both at home and abroad.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Publishers Weekly, starred review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eIn two novellas and seven short stories, \u003cem\u003eFish Soup\u003c\/em\u003e blends cynicism and beauty with a rich vein of dark humour.\"Waiting for a Hurricane\" follows a girl obsessed with escaping both her life and her country. Emotionally detached from her family, and disillusioned with what the future holds if she remains, she takes ever more drastic steps to achieve her goal, seemingly oblivious to the damage she is causing both herself and those around her. \"Worse Things\" offers snapshots of lives in turmoil, frayed relationships, family taboos, and rejection of and by society. And \"Sexual Education\" examines the attempts of a student to tally the strict doctrine of abstinence taught at her school with the very different moral norms that prevail in her social circles.At once blunt and poetic, Garcia Robayo delves into the lives of her characters, simultaneously evoking sympathy and revulsion, challenging the reader's loyalties throughout the remarkable universe that is \u003cem\u003eFish Soup\u003c\/em\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargarita García Robayo\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1980 in Cartagena, Colombia, and now lives in Buenos Aires where she teaches creative writing and works as a journalist and scriptwriter. She is the author of several novels, including \u003cem\u003eHasta que pase un huracán\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eWaiting for a Hurricane\u003c\/em\u003e ) and \u003cem\u003eEducación Sexual\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eSexual Education\u003c\/em\u003e, both included in \u003cem\u003eFish Soup\u003c\/em\u003e ), \u003cem\u003eHoliday Heart, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLo que no aprendí\u003c\/em\u003e (The Things I Have Not Learnt). She is also the author of a book of autobiographical essays \u003cem\u003ePrimera Persona (First Person\u003c\/em\u003e ) and several collections of short stories, including \u003cem\u003eWorse Things\u003c\/em\u003e, which obtained the prestigious Casa de las Américas Prize in 2014 (also included in \u003cem\u003eFish Soup\u003c\/em\u003e ). \u003cem\u003eThe Delivery\u003c\/em\u003e is her third book to appear in English after the very successful \u003cem\u003eFish Soup\u003c\/em\u003e (selected by the TLS as one of the best fiction titles of 2018) and \u003cem\u003eHoliday Heart\u003c\/em\u003e (Winner of the English PEN Award).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharlotte Coombe\u003c\/strong\u003e is a British literary translator working from Spanish, French and Catalan into English. Shortlisted for the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute Translation Prize 2023 and winner of the Oran Robert Perry Burke Award 2022, she has translated more than a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction by authors including Anna Pazos, Rosa Ribas, Marvel Moreno, Antonio Díaz Oliva, Vincent Doumeizel, Frédéric Laffont, Eduardo Berti and Abnousse Shalmani. Her translations have been published in literary journals such as \u003cem\u003eThe White Review, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Southern Review, Modern Poetry in Translation, Latin American Literature Today, Asymptote, Words Without Borders, \u003c\/em\u003e and_World Literature Today_ . For Charco Press, she has translated three titles: Ricardo Romero's \u003cem\u003eThe President's Room\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), Margarita García Robayo's \u003cem\u003eFish Soup\u003c\/em\u003e (2018) (Shortlisted for the Valle Inclán Translation Prize in 2019) and \u003cem\u003eHoliday Heart\u003c\/em\u003e (2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48264719761657,"sku":"9781999859305","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/5azpV7PViB9781999859305.webp?v=1775738159","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/fish-soup-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}