{"product_id":"monstrilio","title":"Monstrilio","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eby \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eGerardo Sámano Córdov\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWinner of the 2024 Balcones Fiction Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Best Book of 2023\u003cbr\u003eNPR • Barnes \u0026amp; Noble • \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eElle \u003c\/span\u003e• \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/span\u003e • \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBookPage\u003c\/span\u003e • \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGoodReads\u003c\/span\u003e • \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eShondaland\u003c\/span\u003e •\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Observe\u003c\/span\u003er • \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePolyGon \u003c\/span\u003e• \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHuffPost\u003c\/span\u003e • Powell’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Heartfelt, bizarre, and unexpected. . . . At once a novel about family and love, a creepy tale that questions what it means to be human, and a celebration of queer stories,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMonstrilio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis as shocking as it is profound, and as humorous as it is thoughtful.” ―Gabino Iglesias,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA “wholly unique” and “uncompromising” literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man, and the people who love him in every form he takes (Eric LaRocca, author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThings Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago’s lung. Acting on fierce maternal instinct and the dubious logic of an old folktale, she nurtures the lung until it gains sentience, growing into the carnivorous little Monstrilio she keeps hidden within the walls of her family’s decaying Mexico City estate. Eventually, Monstrilio begins to resemble the Santiago he once was, but his innate impulses―though curbed by his biological and chosen family’s communal care―threaten to destroy this fragile second chance at life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA thought-provoking meditation on grief, acceptance, and the monstrous sides of love and loyalty, Gerardo Sámano Córdova blends bold imagination and evocative prose with deep emotional rigor. Told in four acts that span the globe from Brooklyn to Berlin, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMonstrilio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers, with uncanny clarity, a cathartic and precise portrait of being human.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zando","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43523757408317,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2220\/7891\/files\/91KPmYef7HL._SL1500.jpg?v=1787855168","url":"https:\/\/tia-chuchas.myshopify.com\/en-ca\/products\/monstrilio","provider":"Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural \u0026 Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}