{"product_id":"moldy-strawberries-caio-abreu-9781953861207","title":"Moldy Strawberries: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaio Fernando Abreu is one of those authors who is picked up by every generation...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these surreal and gripping stories about desire, tyranny, fear, and love, one of Brazil's greatest queer writers appears in English for the first time \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 18 daring, scheming stories filled with tension and intimacy, Caio Fernando Abreu navigates a Brazil transformed by the AIDS epidemic and stifling military dictatorship of the 80s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTenderly suspended between fear and longing, Abreu's characters grasp for connection: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA man speckled with Carnival glitter crosses a crowded dance floor and seeks the warmth and beauty of another body.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA budding office friendship between two young men turns into a surprising love, \"a strange and secret harmony.\" One man desires another but fears a clumsy word or gesture might tear their plot to pieces.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbreu writes the stories of people whose intimate lives are on the verge of imploding at all times. Even simple gestures--a salvaged cigarette, a knock on the door from the hazy downpour of a dream, a tight-lipped smile--are precarious offerings. Junkies, failed revolutionaries, poets, and conflicted artists face threats at every turn. But, inwardly ferocious and secretly resilient, they heal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these stories there is luminous memory and decay, and beauty on the horizon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslated by Bruna Dantas Lobato, currently an Iowa Arts Fellow and MFA candidate in Literary Translation at the University of Iowa.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caio Abreu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1953861202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953861207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archipelago Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.46h x 5.35w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2022","brand":"Caio Abreu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048169140479,"sku":"9781953861207","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95e85587-6e1e-4d3c-9dcf-38194c812512.jpg?v=1684994284","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moldy-strawberries-caio-abreu-9781953861207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}