{"product_id":"the-front","title":"The Front","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Front\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eEdimilson de Almeida Pereira\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9798990322448\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSundial House\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2025\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e150\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the São Paulo Prize for Best Book of the Year, \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e by Edimilson de Almeida Pereira introduces us to a nameless figure who refers to himself only as a \"man-tree.\" He lives beneath the din of police helicopters and beside an imposing garbage dump, where, as a child, he'd hunt for books. How will he respond to a system that attempts, relentlessly, through its tedium and violence, to silence him? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis separation between there and here, between them and us, transformed the child in me too soon into an adult. There's something painful in this development, from being a child burning with joy, despite his own fear, to becoming a man who, every minute of the day, holds himself back from setting the world on fire. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishingly original novel, one that nevertheless brings to mind James Baldwin's unflinching critique of modern society and Clarice Lispector's daring experiments with language. \u003ci\u003eThe Front\u003c\/i\u003e introduces to English-language readers an important, deeply poetic voice from contemporary Brazil.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Sundial House","offers":[{"title":"The Front | Edimilson de Almeida Pereira | Paperback | 9798990322448 | New | Fiction 1758741","offer_id":49261357727896,"sku":"1758741","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/41HvmIk7U6L.jpg?v=1781718172","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/the-front","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}