{"product_id":"the-rooftop-fernanda-trias","title":"THE ROOFTOP - Fernanda Trías","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Annie McDermott\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The world is this house’, says Clara while she is trying to protect her beloved ones from the world – yes, that one outside their house walls – which seems to threaten them more and more. Clara entrenches herself with her father and her daughter Flor in a dark apartment that inevitably crumbles on them. The roof becomes their last recess of freedom. A caged bird is the only witness of Clara’s fear and resistance against those she thinks are trying to destroy her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Are threats and pain external or inside our own bodies? Where is violence’s root? What are we afraid of? Is there a possibility to find a roof to finally being able to breathe? What are our umbilical cords?’. Fernanda Trías does not answer these questions – impossible for anyone – about instinct, civilization and taboos, instead she gives them shape and dives deep into them a with a grotesque and forceful history written with agility and a Kafkaesque sense of humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rooftop\u003c\/em\u003e is a claustrophobic novel about freedom, and also about fear, violence, motherhood and loss. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48921420693739,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/8286\/8620\/files\/Rooftop_HR.webp?v=1782320969","url":"https:\/\/librerialaberintopr.com\/products\/the-rooftop-fernanda-trias","provider":"Libreria Laberinto","version":"1.0","type":"link"}