{"product_id":"death-as-a-side-effect-by-ana-maria-shua","title":"Death As A Side Effect by Ana Maria Shua [May]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMay Book Club Selection \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDeath as a Side Effect\u003c\/em\u003e, Ana María Shua’s brilliantly dark satire transports readers to a dystopic future Argentina where gangs of ad hoc marauders and professional thieves roam the streets while the wealthy purchase security behind fortified concrete walls and the elderly cower in their apartments in fear of being whisked off to state-mandated “convalescent” homes, never to return. Abandoned by his mistress, suffocated by his father, and estranged from his demented mother and ineffectual sister, Ernesto seeks his vanished lover. Hoping to save his dying father from the ministrations of a diabolical health-care system, he discovers that, ultimately, everyone is a patient, and the instruments wielded by the impersonal medical corps cut to the very heart of the social fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe world of this novel, with its closed districts, unsafe travel, ubiquitous security cameras, and widespread artificiality and uncertainty, is as familiar as it is strange—and as instructive, in its harrowing way, as it is deeply entertaining. The Spanish edition has been selected by the Congreso de la Lengua Española as one of the one hundred best Latin American novels published in the last twenty-five years.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Bio: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAna María Shua has published more than forty books in many genres, including poetry, children’s fiction, and Jewish folklore, and her work has been translated into numerous languages. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship for work on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Memories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMicrofictions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, available in a Bison Books edition. She lives in Buenos Aires. Andrea G. Labinger’s many translations include Alicia Steimberg’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCall Me Magdalena\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rainforest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, both available in Bison Books editions.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Revolving Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54890206396707,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/1146\/5507\/files\/deathasasideeffect.avif?v=1775067377","url":"https:\/\/revolvingbooks.com\/products\/death-as-a-side-effect-by-ana-maria-shua","provider":"Revolving Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}