{"product_id":"9798217434749","title":"The Bitch: A Novel","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eQuintana, Pilar\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRiverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\/1\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATION\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A perfect book.” —Kiran Desai, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Unforgettable. . . a powerful, jolting tale about class, motherhood and rage.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this intense, spare, brilliantly observed novel, a woman’s dangerously primal feelings are awakened when she adopts an orphaned puppy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a bluff overlooking Colombia’s rough Pacific coast, at the edge of the jungle—a world where nothing is taken for granted –Damaris lives in a shack with her fisherman husband. Her dream of a child unfulfilled and the warmth of her marriage cooled, she has reached the age “when women dry up,” as her uncle puts it. When the opportunity arises, she takes in a motherless puppy with eagerness and immediate affection. She does not yet know the risk she is taking in forging a bond that touches her most painful losses and her tenderest yearnings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn prose as terse as the villagers Damaris lives among, \u003ci\u003eThe Bitch\u003c\/i\u003e evokes the double-edged force of the instinct to nurture and the desperate desire to be nurtured in turn.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48176528130303,"sku":"9798217434749","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9798217434749_s600x595.jpg?v=1780335820","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9798217434749","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}