{"product_id":"9781911231288","title":"Comemadre","description":"Author: Larraquy, Roque\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781911231288\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 07 May 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 144 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA surprising, engrossing and darkly funny novel that experiments with the idea of what it means to be human, from a powerful new voice in Argentinian fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the outskirts of Buenos Aires in 1907, Doctor Quintana pines for head nurse Menendez while he and his colleagues embark on a grisly series of experiments to investigate the line between life and death. One hundred years later, a celebrated artist goes to extremes in search of aesthetic transformation, turning himself into an art object.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow far are we willing to go in pursuit of transcendence? The world of\u003ci\u003e Comemadre\u003c\/i\u003e is full of vulgarity, excess and farce: strange ants that form almost perfect circles, missing body parts, obsessive love affairs and flesh-eating plants. Here the monstrous is not alien, but the consequence of our relentless drive for collective and personal progress.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48181152776350,"sku":"UBD-9781911231288","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781911231288.jpg?v=1787399219","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781911231288","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}