{"product_id":"cars-on-fire-paperback","title":"Cars on Fire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMónica Ramón Ríos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobin Myers\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When you live in an adopted country, when you're an exile in your own body, names are simply lists that dull the reality of death.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCars on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, M nica Ram n R os's electric, uncompromising English-language debut, unfolds through a series of female characters--the writer, the patient, the immigrant, the professor, the student--whose identities are messy and ever-shifting. A speechwriter is employed writing for would-be dictators, but plays in a rock band as a means of protest. A failed Marxist cuts off her own head as a final poetic act. With incredible formal range, from the linear to the more free-wheeling, the real to the fantastical to the dystopic, Rios offers striking, jarring glimpses into life as a woman and an immigrant. Set in New York City, New Jersey, and Chile's La Zona Central, the stories in \u003ci\u003eCars on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e offer powerful remembrances to those lost to violence, and ultimately make the case for the power of art, love, and feminine desire to subvert the oppressive forces--xenophobia, neoliberalism, social hierarchies within the academic world--that shape life in Chile and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMónica Ramón Ríos\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Santiago de Chile. She is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eSegundos\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and the twin novels \u003ci\u003eAlias el Rucio\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlias el Rocío\u003c\/i\u003e (2014-2015). As a scholar, she has written extensively on Latin American literature and film. Her short stories have appeared in several anthologies and journals such as \u003ci\u003eAnomaly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e [Spain], \u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlba\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBuensalvaje\u003c\/i\u003e. Ríos is also one of the creators of Sangría Editora, a publishing collective based in Santiago and New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Myers\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New York and is based in Mexico City. She is the author of several collections of poetry published as bilingual editions in Mexico, Argentina, and Spain. Her translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWaxwing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInventory\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. In 2009, she was a fellow of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA); in 2014, she was a resident translator at the Banff Literary Translation Centre (BILTC). Her translation of Ezequiel Zaidenwerg's \u003ci\u003eLyric Poetry Is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Cardboard House Press in 2018.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760086843680,"sku":"9781948830164","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bab7d81eec24746a72f6f676dd7f36c1.webp?v=1780171288","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cars-on-fire-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}