{"product_id":"face-cecile-pineda-9781609403454","title":"Face","description":"When it was first published in 1985, \u003ci\u003eFace\u003c\/i\u003e met with critical acclaim and established Cecile Pineda among the very first Latina writers in the United States to be published by a major New York house. This new expanded edition, which marks the announcement of \u003ci\u003eFace \u003c\/i\u003eas a 2013 Neustadt Prize finalist, features a foreword by Nobel Prize-winning author J. M. Coetzee and a never-before-published interview with the author conducted by Dr. Francisco Lomel . The novel--based on an actual event--tracks the fortunes of Helio Cara, a poor but brilliant Brazilian man. When he hears that his mother is dying, Helio rushes from his shack in one of Rio de Janeiro's \u003ci\u003efavelas\u003c\/i\u003e to the local telegraph office, only to fall down a steep hillside and literally lose his face, and in turn his identity. He rapidly loses his job, his lover, and his friends--his neighbor's go so far as to burn down his shack--and flees to the Brazilian interior to live as an outcast in his mother's tiny house. Pineda deftly, hauntingly records Helio Cara's decision to perform self-surgery, using only novocaine, to reconstruct his face and identity. This compelling metaphor for identity, already taught in American and Latino literature courses in numerous universities, stands ready to engross a new generation of readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cecile Pineda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609403452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609403454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wings Press (TX)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.43d","brand":"Cecile Pineda","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989376827647,"sku":"9781609403454","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c59aa92-d46c-44dc-87af-7d8403ca7867.jpg?v=1683299143","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/face-cecile-pineda-9781609403454","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}