{"product_id":"pinen","title":"Piñen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fierce, tender collection of stories about the lives, traumas, and dreams of Mapuche youth in modern-day Chile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe word \"\u003ci\u003epiñen\u003c\/i\u003e\" comes from Mapudungun and refers to the dust or the dirt that sticks to the body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the all-too-real streets of Santiago de Chile, Daniela Catrileo gives us a portrait of a generation in search of itself. In “Warriache,” two childhood friends whose lives have been marked by their part Mapuche identity and the memories that bind them circle each other at a party. Their dance of delays and inevitable meeting expands into a tale across epochs—one that gives life to the hidden and suppressed experiences of those who live on the margins of other stories. In “Pornomisery,” a young girl considers the sexual violence that seems to lurk behind every closed door in her cloistered community and darken every possible route of exit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePiñen\u003c\/i\u003e is suffused with the humanity of its vivid, complex characters, bringing a side of modern Chile to vibrant life. It also marks the confident next step in the career of a writer poised to become one of the boldest and most uncompromising chroniclers of modern life in Latin American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daniela Catrileo","offers":[{"title":"New - Paperback","offer_id":53122844885309,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/0831\/3917\/files\/BNCImageAPI_639ce8ab-c541-44af-95da-9ca93a29f417.jpg?v=1790007776","url":"https:\/\/thebookarchive.ca\/products\/pinen","provider":"The Book Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}