{"product_id":"ornamental-paperback","title":"Ornamental - 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\u003eJuan Cárdenas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLizzie Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA scientist recruits volunteers for the trial of a new recreational drug that exclusively affects women. Among them is \"number 4,\" who becomes emotionally involved with first the scientist, then his wife, a well-known visual artist in the midst of a creative crisis. The scientist is oblivious to the atrocities his new drug will bring to the city; his wife is oblivious to the superfluousness of the objects she committed her life to exhibiting in galleries and museums. Number 4's presence pierces the couple's complacency, gradually undoing the many certainties they've accumulated in their lives of ease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuan Cárdenas (1978) is a Colombian art critic, curator, translator and author of the novels \u003cem\u003eZumbido\u003c\/em\u003e (451 Editores, 2010\/ Periférica, 2017), \u003cem\u003eLos estratos\u003c\/em\u003e (Periférica, 2013), \u003cem\u003eOrnamento\u003c\/em\u003e (Periférica, 2015), \u003cem\u003eTú y yo, una novelita rusa\u003c\/em\u003e (Cajón de sastre, 2016) and \u003cem\u003eEl diablo de las provincias\u003c\/em\u003e (Periférica, 2017). He is also the author of the short story collection \u003cem\u003eCarreras delictivas\u003c\/em\u003e (451 Editores, 2008). He has translated the works of writers as William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, Gordon Lish, David Ohle, J. M. Machado de Assis and Eça de Queirós. In 2014, his novel \u003cem\u003eLos estratos\u003c\/em\u003e received the Otras Voces Otros Ámbitos Prize. In May 2017, he was named by the Hay Festival in Bogotá as one of the 39 best Latin American writers under the age of 39. Cárdenas currently coordinates the Masters Program in Creative Writing at the Caro y Cuervo Institute in Bogotá, where he works as a professor and researcher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLizzie Davis is a translator from Spanish to English and editor at Coffee House Press. Her recent book-length translations include Elena Medel's \u003cem\u003eMy First Bikini\u003c\/em\u003e and a co-translation of \u003cem\u003eTell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions\u003c\/em\u003e with Valeria Luiselli.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247147991289,"sku":"9781566895804","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dTY3d1N4SXN4WDZnZTFIdGdiU1QyZz09.webp?v=1768621030","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/ornamental-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}