{"product_id":"the-cracks-we-bear-paperback","title":"The Cracks We Bear - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatalina Infante\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichelle Mirabella\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Chilean writer Infante's penetrating English-language debut centers on a woman coping with the challenges of new motherhood while reflecting on her late mother. This slim and subtle work packs a stinging punch.\" \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMotherhood is terrifying, thinks Laura, feeling small and helpless as she holds her newborn daughter. Instead of joy, she feels fear, and then anger at her own late mother for her absence. \u003ci\u003eThe Cracks We Bear\u003c\/i\u003e opens as a story about new motherhood. Soon, however, it reveals itself to be an exploration of memory and trauma as Laura starts to recall her childhood in Chile. Born in exile to staunchly communist parents, she returns to Chile with her mother after the collapse of the Pinochet dictatorship. In the fledgling democracy she grows up in, topics of capitalism and communism are ever present. Laura's reflections, born from personal experience, are interwoven with raw and honest memories of her family life. Borrowing elements from the Bildungsroman, and pulling from the Latin American short story tradition, Catalina Infante recounts Laura's past in vignettes. Piece by piece, the short chapters come together like a reconstructed vase, bearing its cracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalina Infante Beovic\u003c\/b\u003e is a Chilean writer, publisher, and co-owner of Librería Catalonia in Chile. She has written three books of stories of the indigenous peoples of Chile with Sonia Montecino, anthropologist and recipient of the Chilean National Social Sciences Award. She published her first book of short stories, \u003ci\u003eTodas somos una misma sombraI\u003c\/i\u003e, in 2018, followed by her English-language debut, \u003ci\u003eFerns\u003c\/i\u003e. Published in 2020 by \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today, Ferns\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and adapted into a short film by director Paz Ramírez. Infante's short stories and poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today, Columbia Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the HarperCollins \u003ci\u003eDaughters of Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e anthology, and the Deep Vellum \u003ci\u003eBest Literary Translations\u003c\/i\u003e anthology. \u003ci\u003eThe Cracks We Bear \u003c\/i\u003eis Infante Beovic's first full-length novel translated into English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Mirabella\u003c\/b\u003e is a Spanish-to-English\u003cbr\u003eliterary translator. In addition to her translation of Catalina Infante's debut\u003cbr\u003enovel, \u003ci\u003eThe Cracks We Bear\u003c\/i\u003e, her work appears in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eBest\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Translations\u003c\/i\u003e (Deep Vellum, 2024) and \u003ci\u003eDaughters of\u003cbr\u003eLatin America \u003c\/i\u003e(HarperCollins, 2023), as well as in venues such\u003cbr\u003eas \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLatin American Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSouthwest Review\u003c\/i\u003e. A former ALTA Travel Fellow, Michelle holds\u003cbr\u003ean M.A. in Translation and Interpretation from the Middlebury Institute and is\u003cbr\u003ean alumna of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre and the Bread\u003cbr\u003eLoaf Translators' Conference. Find more of her work at www.michellemirabella.com. \n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 118\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43156244463679,"sku":"9781642861594","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/cEBFrhQdBs9781642861594.webp?v=1776970597","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-cracks-we-bear-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}