{"product_id":"nefando-paperback","title":"Nefando - 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\u003eMica Ojeda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSarah Booker\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA techno-horror portrait of the fears and desires of six young artists whose lives are upended by a controversial video game, from National Book Award finalist Mica Ojeda.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix young artists share an apartment in Barcelona: Kiki Ortega, a researcher writing a pornographic novel; Iv疣 Herrera, a writer whose prose reveals a deeply conflicted relationship with his body; three siblings, Irene, Emilio, and Cecilia, who quietly search for ways to transcend their abuse as children; and El Cuco Mart匤ez, a video-game designer whose creations push beneath the substrate of the digital world. All of them are connected in different ways to \u003cem\u003eNefando, \u003c\/em\u003e a controversial cult video game whose purpose remains a mystery. In the parallel reality of the game, players found relief from the pain of past trauma and present shame, but also a frighteningly elastic sense of self and ethics. Is Nefando a game for horror enthusiasts, a challenge to players' morals, or a poetic exercise? What happens in a virtual world that admits every taboo?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnsparing, addictive, and perverse, \u003cem\u003eNefando\u003c\/em\u003e takes us to the darkest corners of the web, revealing the inevitable entanglement of digital and physical worlds, and of technology and horror. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMica Ojeda\u003c\/strong\u003e (Ecuador, 1988) is the author of the novels\u003cem\u003e La desfiguraci Silva\u003c\/em\u003e (Premio Alba Narrativa, 2014), \u003cem\u003eNefando\u003c\/em\u003e (Candaya, 2016), and \u003cem\u003eMand兊ula\u003c\/em\u003e (Candaya, 2018), as well as the poetry collections \u003cem\u003eEl ciclo de las piedras\u003c\/em\u003e (Rastro de la Iguana, 2015) and \u003cem\u003eHistoria de la leche\u003c\/em\u003e (Candaya, 2020). Her stories have been published in the anthology \u003cem\u003eEmergencias: Doce cuentos iberoamericanos\u003c\/em\u003e (Candaya, 2014) and the collections \u003cem\u003eCaninos\u003c\/em\u003e (Editorial Turbina, 2017) and \u003cem\u003eLas voladoras\u003c\/em\u003e (P疊inas de Espuma, 2020). In 2017, she was included on the Bota39 list of the best thirty-nine Latin American writers under forty, and in 2019, she received the Prince Claus Next Generation Award in honor of her outstanding literary achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Booker \u003c\/strong\u003eis an educator and literary translator. Her translations include Mica Ojeda's \u003cem\u003eJawbone, \u003c\/em\u003e Gabriela Ponce's \u003cem\u003eBlood Red, \u003c\/em\u003e and Cristina Rivera Garza's \u003cem\u003eNew and Selected Stories, Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Iliac Crest\u003c\/em\u003e. She has a PhD in Hispanic Literature from UNC-Chapel Hill and is currently based in Morganton, North Carolina where she teaches Spanish at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47255363059961,"sku":"9781566896894","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/oL7V2_44NU9781566896894.webp?v=1768721421","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/nefando-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}