{"product_id":"reservoir-bitches-by-dahlia-de-la-cerda","title":"Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs1EF720B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs1EFB4FB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Times New Roman;} .cs982313B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003ca id=\"_dx_frag_StartFragment\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA debut linked story collection of gritty, streetwise, and wickedly funny fiction from Mexico.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eLife's a bitch. That's why you gotta rattle her cage, even if she's foaming at the mouth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the linked stories of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eReservoir Bitches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e, thirteen Mexican women prod the bitch that is Life as they fight, sew, skirt, cheat, cry, and lie their way through their tangled circumstances. From the all-powerful daughter of a cartel boss to the victim of transfemicide, from a houseful of spinster seamstresses to a socialite who supports her politician husband by faking Indigenous roots, these women spit on their own reduction and invent new ways to survive, telling their stories in bold, unapologetic voices. At once social critique and black comedy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eReservoir Bitches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a raucous debut from one of Mexico's most thrilling new writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eReservoir Bitches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a blisteringly urgent collection of interconnected stories about contemporary Mexican women. It absolutely bangs from the first page to the last. It's extremely funny but deadly serious and we loved the energy and flair of the dual translators' approach. It packs an enormous political and linguistic punch but is also subtle, revelatory, and moving about the ways in which these women hustle, innovate, survive or don't, in a world of labyrinthine dangers. This book weaves the riotous testimony of the living and the dead to create an expletive-rich feminist blast of Mexican literature.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e-Judges' comments from the 2025 International Booker Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The stories are all narrated by women, from the daughters of crime bosses to designer-clad socialites, whose voices are all so alive and vibrant that reading this collection was a genuine thrill. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EFB4FB\"\u003eReservoir Bitches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edoesn't shy from portraying Mexico's gritty underbelly but, much like her fellow countrywoman Fernanda Melchor, De La Cerda's stories scrutinise Mexican society with great humour. It is a remarkably good debut collection.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e-Barry Pierce, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003eThe Big Issue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Women lie, cheat, kill, and die in Mexican writer de la Cerda's searing English-language debut ... de la Cerda offers a refreshingly unapologetic voice for women who refuse to be placated. This is worth a look.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs982313B\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs1EF720B\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44105925689432,"sku":"9781761380419","price":28.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9781761380419_1.jpg?v=1778894197","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/reservoir-bitches-by-dahlia-de-la-cerda","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}