{"product_id":"the-shape-of-bones-paperback","title":"The Shape of Bones - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Galera\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlison Entrekin\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A book of visceral and tender beauty whose echoes persist long after the final page.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--David Mitchell, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA coming of age tale of brutal beauty and disarming tenderness from one of Brazil's most exciting young novelists, an author writing in the footsteps of \"Roberto Bolaño, Jim Harrison, the Coen brothers and...Denis Johnson\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young man wakes up at dawn to drive to the Andes, to climb the Cerro Bonete--a mountain untouched by ice axes and climbers, one of the planet's final mountains to be conquered--as an act of heroic bravado, or foolishness. But instead, he finds himself dragged, by the undertow of memory, to Esplanada, the neighborhood he grew up in, to the brotherhood of his old friends, and to the clearing in the woods where he witnessed an act that has run like a scar through the rest of his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBack in Esplanada, the young man revisits his initiation into adulthood and recalls his boyhood friends who formed a strange and volatile pack. Together they play video games, get drunk around bonfires, pick fights, and goad each other into bike races where the winner is the boy who has the most spectacular crash. Caught between the threat of not being man enough, the desire to please his friends, and the intoxicating contact-high of danger, the boy finds himself following the rules of the pack even as the risks mount. And in a moment that reverberates and repeats itself in new ways in his adulthood, his fantasies of who he is and what it means to be a man come crashing down, and life asserts itself as an endless rehearsal for a heroic moment that may never arrive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom one of Brazil's most dazzling writers, \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Bones\u003c\/i\u003e is an exhilarating story of mythic power. Daniel Galera has written a pulse-racing novel with the otherworldly wisdom of a parable.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Galera is a Brazilian writer and translator. He was born in Sao Paulo, but lives in Porto Alegre, where he has spent most of his life. He has published five novels in Brazil to great acclaim, including \u003ci\u003eBlood-Drenched Beard\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the 2013 Sao Paulo Literature Prize. In 2013 Granta named Galera one of the Best Young Brazilian Novelists. He has translated the work of Zadie Smith, John Cheever, and David Mitchell into Portuguese. He is translated in English by Alison Entrekin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlison Entrekin translates Brazilian literature. Her works include \u003ci\u003eBlood-Drenched Beard\u003c\/i\u003e by Daniel Galera; \u003ci\u003eCity of God\u003c\/i\u003e by Paulo Lins; \u003ci\u003eThe Eternal Son\u003c\/i\u003e by Cristovão Tezza, shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; \u003ci\u003eNear to the Wild Heart\u003c\/i\u003e by Clarice Lispector, shortlisted for the PEN America Translation Prize; and \u003ci\u003eBudapest\u003c\/i\u003e by Chico Buarque, shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.6 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47496757412061,"sku":"9780143131496","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/zfSsvZzTxw9780143131496.webp?v=1771976485","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-shape-of-bones-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}