{"product_id":"bad-girls-paperback","title":"Bad Girls - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCamila Villada\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKit Maude\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Dublin Literary Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGritty and unflinching, yet also tender, fantastical, and funny, a trans woman's tale about finding a community on the margins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Sarmiento Park, the green heart of Córdoba, a group of trans sex workers make their nightly rounds. When a cry comes from the dark, their leader, the 178-year-old Auntie Encarna, wades into the brambles to investigate and discovers a baby half dead from the cold. She quickly rallies the pack to save him, and they adopt the child into their fascinating surrogate family as they have so many other outcasts, including Camila. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSheltered in Auntie Encarna's fabled pink house, they find a partial escape from the everyday threats of disease and violence, at the hands of clients, cops, and boyfriends. Telling their stories--of a mute young woman who transforms into a bird, of a Headless Man who fled his country's wars--as well as her own journey from a toxic home in a small, poor town, Camila traces the life of this vibrant community throughout the 90s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImbuing reality with the magic of a dark fairy tale, \u003ci\u003eBad Girls \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an intimate, nuanced portrait of trans coming-of-age that captures a universal sense of the strangeness of our bodies. It grips and entertains us while also challenging ideas about love, sexuality, gender, and identity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCamila Sosa Villada \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1982 in La Falda (Córdoba, Argentina). She is a writer, actress, and singer, and previously earned a living as a sex worker, street vendor, and hourly maid. She holds degrees in communication and theater from the National University of Córdoba. Her play \u003ci\u003eCarnes tolendas, retrato escénico de un travesti\u003c\/i\u003e was selected for the 2010 National Theater Festival held in La Plata. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eBad Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the Grand Prix de l'Héroïne Madame Figaro and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Her short story collection \u003ci\u003eI'm a Fool to Want You\u003c\/i\u003e will be published by Other Press in 2024. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKit Maude\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator based in Buenos Aires. He has translated dozens of classic and contemporary Latin American writers such as Armonía Somers, Jorge Luis Borges, Lolita Copacabana, and Ariel Magnus for a wide array of publications and writes reviews and criticism for several different outlets in Spanish and English including the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRevista Ñ\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOtra Parte\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695479820351,"sku":"9781635424409","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a5010926237071686edbf2165f5d0f15.webp?v=1765003930","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/bad-girls-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}