{"product_id":"nefando-9781566896894","title":"Nefando","description":"\u003cb\u003eA techno-horror portrait of the fears and desires of six young artists whose lives are upended by a controversial video game, from National Book Award finalist Mónica Ojeda.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSix young artists share an apartment in Barcelona: Kiki Ortega, a researcher writing a pornographic novel; Iván Herrera, a writer whose prose reveals a deeply conflicted relationship with his body; three siblings, Irene, Emilio, and Cecilia, who quietly search for ways to transcend their abuse as children; and El Cuco Martínez, a video-game designer whose creations push beneath the substrate of the digital world. All of them are connected in different ways to \u003ci\u003eNefando, \u003c\/i\u003e a controversial cult video game whose purpose remains a mystery. In the parallel reality of the game, players found relief from the pain of past trauma and present shame, but also a frighteningly elastic sense of self and ethics. Is Nefando a game for horror enthusiasts, a challenge to players' morals, or a poetic exercise? What happens in a virtual world that admits every taboo? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnsparing, addictive, and perverse, \u003ci\u003eNefando\u003c\/i\u003e takes us to the darkest corners of the web, revealing the inevitable entanglement of digital and physical worlds, and of technology and horror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14490281\"\u003eMónica Ojeda\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566896894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1566896894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC015000\"\u003eHorror | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC025000\"\u003ePsychological\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMónica Ojeda\u003c\/b\u003e (Ecuador, 1988) is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eLa desfiguración Silva\u003c\/i\u003e (Premio Alba Narrativa, 2014), \u003ci\u003eNefando\u003c\/i\u003e (Candaya, 2016), and \u003ci\u003eMandíbula\u003c\/i\u003e (Candaya, 2018), as well as the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eEl ciclo de las piedras\u003c\/i\u003e (Rastro de la Iguana, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eHistoria de la leche\u003c\/i\u003e (Candaya, 2020). Her stories have been published in the anthology Emergencias: Doce cuentos iberoamericanos (Candaya, 2014) and the collections \u003ci\u003eCaninos\u003c\/i\u003e (Editorial Turbina, 2017) and \u003ci\u003eLas voladoras\u003c\/i\u003e (Páginas de Espuma, 2020). In 2017, she was included on the Bógota39 list of the best thirty-nine Latin American writers under forty, and in 2019, she received the Prince Claus Next Generation Award in honor of her outstanding literary achievements. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Booker\u003c\/b\u003e is an educator and literary translator. Her translations include Mónica Ojeda's \u003ci\u003eJawbone, \u003c\/i\u003e Gabriela Ponce's \u003ci\u003eBlood Red, \u003c\/i\u003e and Cristina Rivera Garza's \u003ci\u003eNew and Selected Stories, Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Iliac Crest\u003c\/i\u003e. She has a PhD in Hispanic Literature from UNC-Chapel Hill and is currently based in Morganton, North Carolina where she teaches Spanish at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455072481517,"sku":"9781566896894","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_bfc8fba5-d228-40fa-9524-3880cceb90ba.jpg?v=1753513685","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/nefando-9781566896894","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}