{"product_id":"diorama","title":"Diorama","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-details__description p1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"section-title__label h5 bold\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Carol Bensimon; Translated from the Portuguese to English by Zoë Perry and Julia Sanches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter years spent outrunning her past, Cecília reexamines the case of a close family friend killed by a colleague and rival: her father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIn 1988, shortly after Brazil reestablishes democratic rule, a state congressman is shot and killed in Porto Alegre. The main suspect: a close friend and colleague in congress, Representative Raul Matzenbacher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany years later, Cecília Matzenbacher, his daughter, migrates from Southern Brazil to California, where she finds work as a taxidermist. Her temperament is ideally suited to this type of restoration and the careful reconstruction of a world frozen in time. But as Cecília confronts her own history and the memories of the investigation surrounding her father, her knack for composition frays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen news arrives that Raul has suffered a stroke and Cecília’s chances to see him again may be limited, her past can no longer stay put, posed like a specimen behind glass. Her story emerges, the past stalking her present, threatening to derail the life she’s made for herself in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn sleek, arresting prose imbued with the suspense-filled edge of a true-crime thriller, \u003cem\u003eDiorama\u003c\/em\u003e cements Carol Bensimon’s status as one of the most dynamic voices in contemporary Brazilian literature and demonstrates her narrative gifts at their apex. Fusing police procedural, coming-of-age story, and family drama, \u003cem\u003eDiorama \u003c\/em\u003eis a moving mystery about what and how we remember, a novel that endangers our notions of what is or isn’t still alive inside all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"creator-main__about-title h3\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"creator-main__about-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"creator-main__about-content p1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Bensimon\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1982. She is the author of the highly acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eO Clube dos Jardineiros de Fumaça\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Jabuti Award, the most prestigious literary award in Brazil, and was short-listed for the São Paulo Prize for Literature. She is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eWe All Loved Cowboys\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSinuca embaixo d’água\u003c\/i\u003e and of the acclaimed story collection \u003ci\u003ePó de parede\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2012 she was selected by \u003ci\u003eGranta \u003c\/i\u003eas one of the Best Young Brazilian Novelists. Bensimon has a master’s degree in creative writing from PUCRS and lives with her girlfriend in Mendocino, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-details__group f ais\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-details__item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-details__item-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"book-details__item-title p2\"\u003eImprint Publisher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-details__item-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"book-details__item-text p2\"\u003eMCD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-details__item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-details__item-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"book-details__item-title p2\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-details__item-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"book-details__item-text p2\"\u003e9780374616038\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"book-details__item-text p2\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"book-details__item-text p2\"\u003eLength: 272\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SAUDADE TORONTO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49175834558687,"sku":null,"price":39.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1251\/1761\/files\/FullSizeRender_7868986f-5bf0-482a-b8db-245494e933f9.jpg?v=1778774221","url":"https:\/\/saudadetoronto.com\/products\/diorama","provider":"SAUDADE TORONTO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}