{"product_id":"not-a-river-paperback","title":"Not a River - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSelva Almada\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE *\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's not a river, it's \u003c\/i\u003ethis \u003ci\u003eriver.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA hot, motionless afternoon. Enero and El Negro are fishing with Tilo, their dead friend's teenage son. After hours of struggling with a hooked stingray, Enero aims his revolver into the water and shoots it. They hang the ray's enormous corpse from a tree at their campsite and let it go to rot, drawing the attention of some local islanders and igniting a long-simmering fury toward outsiders and their carelessness. It's only the two sisters--the teenage nieces of one of the locals, Aguirre--with their hair black as cowbird feathers and giving off the scent of green grass, who are curious about the trio and invite them to a dance. But the girls are not quite as they seem. As night approaches and tensions rise, Enero and El Negro return to the charged memories of their friend who years ago drowned in this same river. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs uneasy and saturated as a prophetic dream, \u003ci\u003eNot a River \u003c\/i\u003eis another extraordinary novel by Selva Almada about masculinity, guilt, and irrepressible desire, written in a style that is spare and timeless.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelva Almada \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eBrickmakers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDead Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Wind That Lays Waste\u003c\/i\u003e. She is considered one of the most potent literary voices in Argentina and Latin America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnie McDermott \u003c\/b\u003eis the translator of a dozen books from Spanish and Portuguese. She was awarded the Premio Valle Inclán and her translation of \u003ci\u003eBrickmakers\u003c\/i\u003e by Selva Almada was shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41730713124999,"sku":"9781644452851","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/562924e5b9861ebea529c8d90847aa34.webp?v=1734095393","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/not-a-river-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}