{"product_id":"sacrifices-rodrigo-blanco-calder-n-9781644211748","title":"Sacrifices: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the O. Henry Prize for the story \"The Mad People of Paris\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese revelatory short stories tread the line between surrealism and realism with strange, appealing characters who take on a sacrifice in spite of themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA followup to his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Night\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Rive Gauche à Paris Prize for foreign books in 2016), this collection of short stories by Venezuelan literary star Rodrigo Blanco Calderón features a taxidermist painter, a blind man lost in Mexico City, a female motorcyclist who rides naked through the night, a foreigner who learns a language making confessions in Paris churches, and a dying pilot who finds peace in a reading of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImpeccable and masterful in his storytelling, Blanco Calderón constructs a nocturnal cast of characters who become the victims and executioners of a sacrifice in the midst of a floundering Venezuela, others with the threat of terrorism in France, or in a Mexico symbolizing the first shots of the revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rodrigo Blanco Calderón\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644211742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644211748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.43w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/26\/2022","brand":"Rodrigo Blanco Calderón","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076296077567,"sku":"9781644211748","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_86eb6ac3-adf8-4126-a33d-76e3af9cda17.jpg?v=1685464216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sacrifices-rodrigo-blanco-calder-n-9781644211748","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}