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Time of the Flies

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Availability:In StockContributor:Claudia Pi?eiro, Frances Riddle (Translator)Publish date:2024-08-06Pages:356
Language:EnglishPublisher:Charco PressISBN-13:9781913867867ISBN-10:1913867862UPC:9781913867867Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Crime, Women, LiterarySize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCS4ERFQCK

Life after crime from the International Booker-shortlisted author of Elena Knows

Fifteen years after killing her husband's lover, In?s is fresh out of prison and trying to put together a new life. Her old friend Manca is out now too, and they've started a business - FFF, or Females, Fumigation, and Flies - dedicated to pest control and private investigation, by women, for women. But Se?ora Bonar, one of their clients, wants In?s to do more than kill bugs - she wants her expertise, and her criminal past, to help her kill her husband's lover, too. Crimes against women versus crimes by women; culpability, fallibility, and our responsibilities to each other--this is Pi?eiro at her wry, earthy best, alive to all the ways we shape ourselves to be understandable, to be understood, by family and love and other hostile forces.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Charco PressISBN-13:9781913867867ISBN-10:1913867862UPC:9781913867867Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Crime, Women, LiterarySize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCS4ERFQCK

Born in Buenos Aires in 1960, Claudia Pi?eiro is a best-selling author, known internationally for her crime novels. She has won numerous national and international prizes, including the Pepe Carvalho Prize, the LiBeraturpreis for Elena Knows and the prestigious Sor Juana In?s de la Cruz Prize for Las grietas de Jara (A Crack in the Wall). Many of her novels have been adapted for the big screen, including Elena Knows (Netflix). Pi?eiro is the third most translated Argentinean author after Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cort?zar. She's also a playwright and scriptwriter (including popular Netflix series The Kingdom ). Her novel Elena Knows was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize.

Frances Riddle has translated numerous Spanish-language authors including Isabel Allende, Claudia Pi?eiro, Leila Guerriero, and Sara Gallardo. Her translation of Theatre of War by Andrea Jeftanovic was granted an English PEN Award in 2020. Her work has appeared in journals such as Granta, Electric Literature, and The White Review, among others. She holds a BA in Spanish Language Literature from Louisiana State University and an MA in Translation Studies from the University of Buenos Aires. In 2022, Frances' translation of Elena Knows by Claudia Pi?eiro was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. Originally from Houston, Texas she lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.


Publisher: Charco Press

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