{"product_id":"the-delivery-9781913867690","title":"The Delivery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFish Soup\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, a wickedly self-aware novel of family, memory, and possibility just this side of the uncanny.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tolerable, ordinary life: an adequate, if boring, freelance job; reliably irritating video calls with your sister; half-hearted plans for the future (a writing residency, a child); and, in the middle of your half-furnished apartment, an enormous crate. Unopened, delivered days ago, and getting in the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Delivery\u003c\/em\u003e, what's inside is your estranged mother, and her arrival brings to a head the tentative motions you've made to examine the past and the subtle fissures in the life you've built. Semi-ordinary happenings take on an otherworldly cast when you look at them sideways, but nothing is stranger, in this place far from home, than the tenuous bonds of family that hold us together, or don't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14357215\"\u003eMargarita García Robayo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Charco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913867690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913867692\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-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\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-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | 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-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargarita García Robayo\u003c\/strong\u003e (Cartagena, Colombia, 1980) is the author of three novels, a book of autobiographical essays and several collections of short stories, including \u003cem\u003eWorse Things\u003c\/em\u003e, which obtained the prestigious Casa de las Américas Prize in 2014. Her work has appeared in several anthologies such as _Región: cuento político latinoamericano _(Political Latin American Short Stories, 2011) and _Childless Parents _(2014). In 2013, she was awarded a Literary Creation Grant from the Han Nefkens Foundation and the Pompeu Fabra University. Her books have been praised in Latin America as well as in Spain, and have been translated into French, Portuguese, Italian, Hebrew and Chinese. _Holiday Heart _was her second book to appear in English after the very successful _Fish Soup, _and is to be followed by her most recent novel \u003cem\u003eDelivery\u003c\/em\u003e which came out in Spanish in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMegan McDowell\u003c\/strong\u003e is a literary translator focusing on contemporary Latin American authors. Her translations include works by Alejandro Zambra, Samanta Schweblin, Mariana Enriquez, Lina Meruane, and Diego Zuñiga. Her short story translations have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTin House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. Her translation of Alejandro Zambra's \u003cem\u003eWays of Going Home\u003c\/em\u003e won an English PEN Translates award (2013), and her English version of \u003cem\u003eFever Dream\u003c\/em\u003e by Samanta Schweblin was shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize. She has been awarded residencies by the Banff International Translation Centre (Canada), Looren Translation House (Switzerland) and Art Omi (USA). She currently lives in Santiago, Chile.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44717549748461,"sku":"9781913867690","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2a43edec-9474-4091-84f0-731e5ed7a883.jpg?v=1704154881","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-delivery-9781913867690","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}