{"product_id":"the-dark-side-of-skin-paperback","title":"The Dark Side of Skin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeferson Tenio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBruna Dantas Lobato\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLife under Brazil's brutal \"cordial racism\" comes painfully alive in this novel of fathers and sons.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do you become the protagonist of your own life? For Pedro, it means searching for himself in the objects his father left behind: the layers that make up his life, and that of his parents, and the circumstances, geographies, and wounds that shaped them all. It's an archaeology of affections, but also of life in southern Brazil, where being black on the streets of Porto Alegre manifests violences large and small. Where being a young woman, raised by a single mother, may find you seeking security in the untrustworthy arms of men. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDark Side of Skin\u003c\/em\u003e, Jeferson Tenio takes on fathers and sons, Shakespeare and Cervantes, and the inescapable bonds and burdens of family and history in one delicately rendered, painfully precise account of loved ones lost and found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeferson Tenio\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1977. Based in Porto Alegre, he is a doctoral student in Literary Theory at PUCRS and a lecturer in literature. His literary debut was the nove_l O beijo na parede_ (Kiss on the Wall, 2013), chosen as book of the year by the Rio Grande do Sul Writers' Association. His writing has been adapted for the theatre and translated into English and Spanish. He's also the author of \u003cem\u003eEstela sem Deus\u003c\/em\u003e (Godless Star, 2018). \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Side of Skin\u003c\/em\u003e won the PEN Translates Award in the UK and the 2021 Jabuti Prize for the Best Novel published in Brazil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBruna Dantas Lobato\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and translator. Her debut novel, \u003cem\u003eBlue Light Hours\u003c\/em\u003e, is forthcoming in October 2024 from Grove Atlantic in the U.S. and Companhia das Letras\/PRH in Brazil in her own translation. Her translations from Portuguese include \u003cem\u003eThe Words that Remain\u003c\/em\u003e by St麩io Gardel (winner of the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature), \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Side of Skin\u003c\/em\u003e by Jeferson Tenio (winner of an English PEN Translates Award), and \u003cem\u003eMoldy Strawberries\u003c\/em\u003e by Caio Fernando Abreu (longlisted for the PEN Translation Prize, longlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize, and winner of a PEN\/Heim Translation Grant), among others.Her fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGuernica\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Common\u003c\/em\u003e . She holds an MFA in Fiction from New York University and an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Iowa. Bruna was born and raised in Natal, Brazil, and lives in St. Louis, U.S, with her partner and pet bunny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759186706720,"sku":"9781913867737","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/04836162fd73a68cff63bab68fa9d2d7.webp?v=1780144765","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-dark-side-of-skin-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}