Cockfight

Cockfight is a debut novel by Maria Fernanda Ampuero that explores the dark and hidden aspects of the home, including family, coming of age, religion, and class struggle. With violence masquerading as love, characters are trapped in a cycle of abuse, and the home has the power to create and destroy those within it.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 128 pages
\n Publication date: 21 January 2021
\n Publisher: Influx Press
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Cockfight, the debut novel by Ecuadorian writer and journalist Maria Fernanda Ampuero, has been acclaimed as one of the ten best fiction books of 2018 by the New York Times en Espanol. Through her lucid and compelling prose, Ampuero delves into the hidden depths of the home, unveiling the grotesque realities of family, coming-of-age, religion, and class struggle. The story unfolds as a family's maids witness a harrowing cycle of abuse, a young girl is auctioned off by a criminal gang, and two sisters find themselves trapped under the wrath of their spiteful brother. In this world where violence masquerades as love, characters are perpetually trapped in a cycle of reenacting their past traumas. Cockfight emerges as a brutally unique voice, exploring the profound power of the home to both create and destroy those within its confines.

\n Weight: 130g\n
Dimension: 128 x 196 x 13 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781910312810\n \n