Páradais
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Published
Ciudad de México : Literatura Random House, 2021.
Edition
Primera edición.
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158 pages ; 23 cm
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Coos Bay Public Library - Adult/General New - Foreign Language | MELCHOR, FERNANDA Páradais | Available |
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Published
Ciudad de México : Literatura Random House, 2021.
Format
Book
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Spanish
Notes
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"Mariana Enríquez En un conjunto residencial de lujo, dos adolescentes inadaptados se reúnen por las noches para embriagarse a escondidas y compartir sus descabelladas fantasías. Franco Andrade, obeso y solitario, adicto a la pornografía, sueña con seducir a la vecina de al lado -una atractiva mujer casada, madre de familia-, por quien ha desarrollado una obsesión malsana; mientras que Polo, su reacio compañero, fantasea con renunciar a su agobiante empleo como jardinero del exclusivo fraccionamiento y huir de su casa, de su pueblo infestado de narcos, y del yugo de su dominante madre. Ante la imposibilidad de conseguir lo que cada uno cree merecer, Franco y Polo maquinarán un plan tan pueril como macabro. Páradais, escrita por Fernanda Melchor, una de las escritoras mexicanas más destacadas de la actualidad, explora la facilidad con la que el deseo puede convertirse en obsesión y, más aún, en violencia, al tiempo que narra la alianza entre los polos opuestos de la sociedad mexicana contemporánea.
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In a luxurious residential complex, two outcast teenagers sneak at night to get drunk and share their outrageous fantasies. Franco Andrade, a fat and lonely porn addict, dreams of seducing his next-door neighbor, an attractive wife and mother for whom he has developed an unwholesome obsession. Polo, his reluctant sidekick, fantasizes about quitting his back-breaking job as a gardener in this exclusive complex and running away from home, leaving their narco-infested town and his overbearing mother's grip behind. Faced with the impossibility of getting what they both believe they deserve; Franco and Polo will come up with a plan that is every bit as childish as it is macabre.
Language
Text in Spanish.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Melchor, F. (2021). Páradais (Primera edición.). Literatura Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Melchor, Fernanda, 1982-. 2021. Páradais. Literatura Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Melchor, Fernanda, 1982-. Páradais Literatura Random House, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Melchor, Fernanda. Páradais Primera edición., Literatura Random House, 2021.
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