{"product_id":"monstrilio-1","title":"Monstrilio","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of 2023: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNPR - Barnes \u0026amp; Noble - \u003ci\u003eElle \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eGoodReads\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eShondaland\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003eThe Observe\u003c\/i\u003er - \u003ci\u003ePolyGon \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eHuffPost\u003c\/i\u003e - Powell's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Gerardo Sámano Córdova is hitting the ground running with his debut novel. . . . Stunning and horrifying.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e--Bob Pastorella, This is Horror\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago's lung. Acting on fierce maternal instinct and the dubious logic of an old folktale, she nurtures the lung until it gains sentience, growing into the carnivorous little Monstrilio she keeps hidden within the walls of her family's decaying Mexico City estate. Eventually, Monstrilio begins to resemble the Santiago he once was, but his innate impulses―though curbed by his biological and chosen family's communal care―threaten to destroy this fragile second chance at life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA thought-provoking meditation on grief, acceptance, and the monstrous sides of love and loyalty, Gerardo Sámano Córdova blends bold imagination and evocative prose with deep emotional rigor. Told in four acts that span the globe from Brooklyn to Berlin, Monstrilio offers, with uncanny clarity, a cathartic and precise portrait of being human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerardo Sámano Córdova \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and artist from Mexico City, where he currently resides. He holds an MFA in Fiction from the University of Michigan. He has studied with Alexander Chee at Bread Loaf as a work\/study scholar, and with Garth Greenwell at Tin House. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNinth Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePassages North\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChicago Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eThe Common\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gerardo Sámano Córdova","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47585398325533,"sku":"9781638931607","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781638931607.jpg?v=1707336816","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/monstrilio-1","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}