Paradais.
Paradais.
By
:
Melchor, Fernanda.
Publication Date
:
2021
Subject Term
:
Teenagers -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Neighbors -- Fiction.
Wishes -- Fiction.
Violence -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Summary
:
Inside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around and get drunk. Franco Andrade, lonely, overweight, and addicted to porn, obsessively fantasizes about seducing his neighbor-an attractive married woman and mother-while Polo dreams about quitting his grueling job as a gardener within the gated community and fleeing his overbearing mother and their narco-controlled village. Each facing the impossibility of getting what he thinks he deserves, Franco and Polo hatch a mindless and macabre scheme. Written in a chilling torrent of prose by one of our most thrilling new writers, Paradais explores the explosive fragility of Mexican society-with its racist, classist, hyperviolent tendencies-and how the myths, desires, and hardships of teenagers can tear life apart at the seams.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780811231329
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC MEL | Trace |