{"product_id":"on-earth-as-it-is-beaneath","title":"On Earth As It Is Beaneath","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"col-span-1 [ lg:col-span-6 ]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-3 [ lg:mb-10 ] [ last:mb-0 ]\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"last:mb-0 h2\"\u003eAn unsettling novel that sets us among an isolated group of men whose bonds break down in ways both hard to comprehend and impossible to look away from\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[ lg:columns-2 lg:gap-gutter-lg ]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-wysiwyg lg:c-wysiwyg--tight-spacing\"\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eOn land where enslaved people were once tortured and murdered, the state built a penal colony in the wilderness, where inmates could be rehabilitated, but never escape. Now, decades later, and having only succeeded in trapping men, not changing them for the better, its operations are winding down.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eBut in the prison’s waning days, a new horror is unleashed: every full-moon night, the inmates are released, the warden is armed with rifles, and the hunt begins. Every man plans his escape, not knowing if his end will come at the hands of a familiar face, or from the unknown dangers beyond the prison walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eAna Paula Maia delivers a bracing vision of our potential for violence, and our collective failure to account for the consequences of our social and political action, or inaction. No crime is committed out of view for this novelist, and her raw, brutal power enlists us all as witnesses. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Earth As It Is Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted for the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/prize-years\/international\/2026\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"859b30c8-9f42-40c6-b6d1-ae5d68968b82\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eInternational Booker Prize 2026\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"meta col-span-1 [ lg:col-span-6 ] lg:col-start-7 lg:flex lg:justify-end\"\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eShortlisted\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/prize-years\/international\/2026\" hreflang=\"en\"\u003eThe International Booker Prize 2026\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-3 [ lg:mb-10 ] [ last:mb-0 ]\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"last:mb-0 h2\"\u003eAna Paula Maia was born in Nova Iguaçu, Brazil, and is an author and scriptwriter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[ lg:columns-2 lg:gap-gutter-lg ]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-wysiwyg lg:c-wysiwyg--tight-spacing\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eShe has published seven novels, including \u003cem\u003eO habitante das falhas subterráneas\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), \u003cem\u003eDe gados e homens\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), and the trilogy \u003cem\u003eA saga dos brutos\u003c\/em\u003e, comprising \u003cem\u003eEntre rinhas de cachorros e porcos abatidos\u003c\/em\u003e (2009),\u003cem\u003e O trabalho sujo dos outros\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) and \u003cem\u003eCarvão animal\u003c\/em\u003e (2011). Her books have been published in translation in Germany, Argentina, France, Italy, Serbia, the United States and Spain. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eShe is also the author of many short stories that appear in anthologies and which have been translated into languages including German, Croat, Spanish, English and Italian. Her novel \u003cem\u003eA guerra dos bastardos\u003c\/em\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe principal influences on her work date back to her childhood, and range from everyday violence to the consumption of books, films and music. She has won the Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura: Melhor Romance do Ano prize two years in a row; in 2018 for her novel \u003cem\u003eAssim na Terra como embaixo da Terra\u003c\/em\u003e and in 2019 for \u003cem\u003eEnterre Seus Mortos\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/authors\/padma-viswanathan\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"31e88f8f-7a9b-4f4c-a3d4-b617abb6738c\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003ePadma Viswanathan’s\u003c\/a\u003e English language translation of her novel \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/books\/on-earth-as-it-is-beneath\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"5bf85f32-cb9a-4fee-85df-e795241f9108\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Earth As It Is Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003ewas shortlisted for the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/prize-years\/international\/2026\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"859b30c8-9f42-40c6-b6d1-ae5d68968b82\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\"\u003eInternational Booker Prize 2026\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt class=\"inline-block mt-5 font-semibold\"\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SAUDADE TORONTO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50115543466207,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1251\/1761\/files\/FullSizeRender_ee8b4299-d6cf-49d5-9253-5311833d2e79.jpg?v=1781453745","url":"https:\/\/saudadetoronto.com\/products\/on-earth-as-it-is-beaneath","provider":"SAUDADE TORONTO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}