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This Is Not Miami
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Set in and around the city of Veracruz in Mexico, This Is Not Miami delivers twelve devastating stories that spiral from real events. These cronicás—a genre unique to Latin American writing, blending reportage and fiction—probe the motivations of murderers and misfits, compelling us to understand or even empathise with them.
Melchor is like a ventriloquist, using a range of distinctive voices to evoke the smells, sounds, and words of this fascinating world that includes mistreated women, damaged families, refugees, prisoners, and even a beauty queen.
As in her hugely acclaimed novels Hurricane Season and Paradais, Fernanda Melchor’s masterful stories show how the violent and shocking events that make the headlines are only the surface ruptures of a society on the brink of chaos.
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This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor has been praised for its powerful and unsparing narrative voice, often described as both devastating and skillful. Reviewers draw comparisons to authors like Flannery O’Connor and Marlon James, noting Melchor's muscular, sensory-driven prose. Her storytelling is seen as a dissection of Mexican society, unafraid to expose harsh realities, yet it is crafted with a hypnotic beauty. Despite its dark themes, the book offers a captivating and provocative exploration of truth, demonstrating Melchor's strong, emerging voice in literature.
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ISBN: 9781922790200
Publisher: Text Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 April 2023
Country: Australia
Imprint: The Text Publishing Company
Contributors:
- Translated by Sophie Hughes
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 192
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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. 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. Her most recent novel, Paradais, was published in 2022 and was longlisted for the International Booker Prize. This Is Not Miami is a collection of narrative non-fiction pieces. Melchor’s books are published in thirty-four territories. She lives in Mexico.
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