Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia (English) Paperback Book

Description: Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia, Zoë Perry Animals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated corner of Brazil. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Animals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated corner of Brazil.In a landscape worthy of Cormac McCarthy, the river runs septic with blood. Edgar Wilson makes the sign of the cross on the forehead of a cow, then stuns it with a mallet. He does this over and over again, as the stun operator at Senhor Milos slaughterhouse: reliable, responsible, quietly dispatching cows and following orders, wherever that may take him. Its important to calm the cows, especially now that they seem so unsettled: they have begun to run in panic into walls and over cliffs. Bronco Gil, the foreman, thinks its a jaguar or a wild boar. Edgar Wilson has other suspicions. But what is certain is that there is something in this desolate corner of Brazil driving men, and animals, to murder and madness. Author Biography Ana Paula Maia (Brazil, 1977) is an author and scriptwriter and has published several novels, including O habitante das falhas subterráneas (2003), De gados e homens (2013), and the trilogy A saga dos brudos, comprising Entre rinhas de cachorros e porcos abatidos (2009), O trabalho sujo dos outros (2009) and Carvão animal (2011). Her novel A guerra dos bastardos (2007) won praise in Germany as among the best foreign detective fiction. As a scriptwriter she has worked on a wide range of projects for television, cinema and theatre.The author won the São Paulo de Literatura Prize for Best Novel of the Year two years in a row: in 2018 for her novel Assim na Terra como embaixo da Terra, and in 2019 for Enterre Seus Mortos .Zoë Perry is a Canadian-American translator who has translated work by several contemporary Portuguese-language authors, including Emilio Fraia, Clara Drummond, Rodrigo de Souza Leão, Lourenço Mutarelli, and Carol Bensimon. Her translations have appeared in the New Yorker , Granta , Astra , n+1 and The Paris Review. Zoë was awarded a PEN/Heim grant for her translation of Veronica Stiggers Opisanie Swiata and was selected for a residency at the Banff International Translation Centre for her translation of Emilio Fraias Sevastopol . Her translation of Ana Paula Maias Of Cattle and Men won the inaugural Cercador Prize for Literature in Translation in 2023. She is a founding member of the Starling Bureau, a translators collective. Review "This short sharp shock of a book brings a surprise with every new page...a fresh and spirited report on how civilisation has done nothing to tame humanitys worst instincts." —The Guardian"Brutal yet gripping, as if Cormac McCarthy penned an anti-meat noir." —Kirkus"Intense and provocative….This goes straight for the jugular." —Publishers Weekly"In Perrys visceral, understated translation…the narrative unfolds with the compulsiveness of a psychological thriller." —The Times Literary Supplement"Maias stark style lends her novella a chilling, detached quality, allowing the violence and viscera to be all the more overwhelming." —Jeremy Garber, Powells Bookshop"Biblical in scale and language, Of Cattle and Men is a book to squirm beneath; to measure oneself against." —Southwest Review"Of Cattle and Men is an excellent book of many dark, quiet questions." —World Literature Today"Powerful." —EcoLit Books Feature An under-represented Afro-Brazilian voice: Literature coming out of Brazil, especially in translation, too rarely showcases the countrys substantial black population **Taboo subject: **The culture around livestock agriculture and slaughter is overwhelmingly closed and male, and to have a young woman taking it on in fiction is remarkable in itself A new kind of Western: the loners and lost men of the Western have washed up here, in contemporary rural Brazil, but all the bunkhouse camaraderie and sudden violence remains **Not-quite-supernatural menace: **What brought Edgar Wilson to the slaughterhouse, and whats terrifying the cows, unfolds in tight, quiet chapters of abundant unease but no easy answers Marketing Plans Social media campaign Galleys available Co-op available Advance reader copies (print and digital) National media campaign Simultaneous eBook launch Details ISBN1913867498 Author Zoë Perry Publisher Charco Press Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1913867498 ISBN-13 9781913867492 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-04-11 Imprint Charco Press UK Release Date 2023-04-11 Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-04-11 NZ Release Date 2023-04-11 Pages 99 Alternative 9781913867508 DEWEY 869.35 Audience General Translator Zoë Perry Illustrations Not illustrated We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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