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The Revolutionaries Try Again
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Three childhood friends reunite to transform Ecuador only find their idealism has succumbed to the cynicism of their fathers.
Endorsements (potential): Karen Tei Yamashita, Harry Matthews, Javier Marias, Percival Everett, Marlon James Early access copies National print, radio, and online campaign Targeted bookseller mailing Excerpts under consideration at Electric Literature, Paris Review, New Yorker Advertising: Bookforum Promotion at: BookExpo America, Winter Institute, ALA Annual, PEN World Voices, Heartland Fall Forum Promotion on Coffee House Press e-newsletter, website, and social media channels Giveaways on Twitter, Instagram & Goodreads Simultaneous print and e-book release, with e-book ISBN to be included on all press materials, author and publisher websites, and whenever print ISBN is listed Targeted publicity to promote author's speaking engagements Promotion via the author's Twitter account, @IneluctableQuak
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Three childhood friends reunite to transform Ecuador only to find their idealism has succumbed to the cynicism of their fathers.
Extravagant, absurd, and self-aware, The Revolutionaries Try Again plays out against the lost decade of Ecuador's austerity and the stymied idealism of three childhood friends—an expat, a bureaucrat, and a playwright—who are as sure about the evils of dictatorship as they are unsure of everything else, including each other.
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The Revolutionaries Try Again is Mauro Javier Cardenas's vibrant debut novel, capturing a group of Ecuadorans grappling with their country's political landscape. It weaves through character shifts, street protests, and lively gatherings, with a unique narrative style featuring long, flowing sentences and dialogues. Reviewers praise its innovative prose and insightful exploration of politics and friendships, offering a fresh take on the Latin American novel within a postmodern framework.
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ISBN: 9781566894463
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 September 2016
Country: United States
Imprint: Coffee House Press
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 152.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 340g
Pages: 296
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About the Author
Mauro Javier Cardenas grew up in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and graduated with a degree in economics from Stanford University. Excerpts from his first novel, The Revolutionaries Try Again, have appeared in Conjunctions, the Antioch Review, Guernica, Witness, and BOMB. His interviews and essays on/with Lszl Krasznahorkai, Javier Maras, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Juan Villoro, and Antnio Lobo Antunes have appeared in Music & Literature, the San Francisco Chronicle, BOMB, and the Quarterly Conversation.
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