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Paradais

By Fernanda Melchor
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Paradais by Fernanda Melchor delves into the lives of two teenagers entangled in destructive fantasies within a luxurious Mexican housing complex. As they each face personal frustrations and societal pressures, their desires spiral into dangerous and irreparable outcomes, offering a raw exploration of class, violence, and longing.
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You might enjoy this book if you're drawn to intense, character-driven narratives and enjoy exploring themes of social inequality and violence. The story offers a gripping, vivid portrayal of two young men in Mexico, delving into their dark obsessions and the harsh realities surrounding them. The author's powerful prose and rich storytelling create an immersive experience that is both unsettling and captivating.

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Paradais

Author of the acclaimed novel Hurricane Season, Fernanda Melchor leads us into a different kind of hell: paradise

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Inside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around and get drunk. Franco, lonely, overweight, and addicted to porn, obsessively fantasises about seducing his neighbour—an attractive married woman and mother—while Polo dreams about quitting his gruelling job as a gardener in the gated community and fleeing his overbearing mother and their narco-controlled village.

Facing the impossibility of getting what they think they deserve, Franco and Polo hatch a mindless and macabre scheme.

Melchor is a thrilling writer, her electric prose charged with the power to transform the reader. Paradais explores the explosive nature of Mexico’s brittle society, fractured by issues of race, class and violence—and confronts us with teenagers whose desires and hardships can tear life apart.

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Paradais by Fernanda Melchor has garnered acclaim for its powerful, unsparing voice and skillful prose. Critics highlight Melchor's ability to explore themes of violence, inequity, and social issues with a fearless and intense storytelling style. Her prose is described as feverish, fierce, and engaging, deftly blending visceral realism with mythic quality. The novel is noted for its insightful critique of societal disparities and its potent, sometimes shocking, exploration of human desires and hardships.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922458407

Publisher: Text Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 March 2022

Country: Australia

Imprint: The Text Publishing Company

Contributors:

  • Translated by Sophie Hughes

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 128

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About the Author

Fernanda Melchor was born in 1982 in Veracruz, Mexico. She is widely recognised as ‘one of Mexico’s most exciting new voices’ (Guardian). She won the Anna-Seghers-Preis and the International Literature Award for Hurricane Season, which was also longlisted for the National Book Award, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book. This Is Not Miami is a collection of narrative non-fiction pieces. Her most recent novel, Paradais, was published in 2022. She lives in Mexico.

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