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| Author | Fernanda Melchor |
|---|---|
| Original title | Páradais |
| Translator | Sophie Hughes |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Literatura Random House |
Publication date | 2 February 2021[1] |
| Publication place | Mexico |
Published in English | 23 March 2022[2] |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 200 |
| ISBN | 978-607-31-8797-8 |
| OCLC | 1179050066 |
| 863/.7 | |
Paradais (originally titled Páradais in Spanish) is a novel by Mexican author Fernanda Melchor. It was published in its original Spanish in 2021 by Literatura Random House.[3] An English translation by Sophie Hughes was published in 2022 by Fitzcarraldo Editions and New Direction Books.
Benjamin P. Russell of the Houston Chronicle described the novel as a "commentary on" the "often haunting facts" of Mexico, stating "a more incisive commentary [...] would be hard to find."[4]
This was the second Melchor novel to receive an officially published English translation.[5]
- ^ "Páradais". Penguin Libros (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Paradais". Fitzcarraldo Editions. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Páradais / Paradise". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ Russell, Benjamin P. (2022-05-25). "Mexican author Fernanda Melchor explores the human capacity for violence, and grace". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ Pressly, Lowry (2022-05-23). "In the Tongue a Knife, in the Knife a Tongue: On Fernanda Melchor's "Paradais"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2022-11-07.