Cockfight
ISBN-13: 9781910312810
Contributor(s): Maria Fernanda Ampuero
Subjects: Short Stories
Publisher: Influx Press
Publisher Imprint: Influx Press
Publication Date: 21-01-2021
Format: Paperback
Availability: In stock
£9.99
About the book
In lucid and compelling prose, Ampuero sheds light on the hidden aspects of the home: the grotesque realities of family, coming of age, religion, and class struggle. A family's maids witness a horrible cycle of abuse, a girl is auctioned off by a gang of criminals, and two sisters find themselves at the mercy of their spiteful brother. With violence masquerading as love, characters spend their lives trapped re-enacting their past traumas. Heralding a brutal and singular new voice, Cockfight explores the power of the home to both create and destroy those within it.