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Ferrada, María José, 1977- author.
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Traveling sales personnel -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Chile -- History -- 1973-1988 -- Fiction.
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How to order the universe : a novel / María José Ferrada ; translated by Elizabeth Bryer.
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Ferrada, María José, 1977- author.
Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2021.
Subjects
Traveling sales personnel -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Chile -- History -- 1973-1988 -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781951142308 (hardcover)
1951142306 (hardcover)
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175 pages ; 20 cm
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First US edition.
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"A richly imaginative debut, detailing a girl and her father finding their way--and themselves--while they work as traveling hardware salesmen in Pinochet-era Chile, is a rare work of magic and originality. For seven-year-old M, the world is guided by a firm set of principles, based on her father D's life as a traveling salesman. Enchanted by her father's trade, M convinces him to take her along on his routes, selling hardware supplies amid the backdrop of Pinochet-era Chile. As she becomes part of a tight-knit community of fellow salesmen and grifters, M is regaled with parables and anecdotes that inform her "parallel education," D's excuse for letting her skip school without M's mother's knowledge. As father and daughter trek from town to town in their old Renault, M's memories and thoughts become tied to a language of rural commerce, philosophy, the cosmos, hardware products, and ghosts. M, in her innocence, barely notices the rising tensions and precarious nature of their work, until she and her father connect with an enigmatic photographer, E, whose presence threatens to upend the whimsical life they've created"--Provided by publisher.
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Kailua-Kona Public Library
Adult Fiction
Ferrada
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Ferrada
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YA -- Fiction
Ferrada
Realistic
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