{"product_id":"monstrilio-a-novel-by-gerardo-samano-cordova","title":"Monstrilio: A Novel by Gerardo Sámano Córdova","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMonstrilio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers, with uncanny clarity, a cathartic and precise portrait of being human.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Heartfelt, bizarre, and unexpected. . . . At once a novel about family and love, a creepy tale that questions what it means to be human, and a celebration of queer stories,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMonstrilio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is as shocking as it is profound, and as humorous as it is thoughtful.” ―\u003cem\u003eGabino Iglesias, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“How to explain my love of this bizarre book? It is grotesque, heavy, gut-wrenching, and painful and I still loved it . . . There is a lot in this story to unpack around death, self-acceptance, unconditional love, and challenging social norms.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Cheri Anderson, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In his masterful and surreal debut novel, Mexican author Gerardo Sámano Córdova revels in the mire of grief, then lifts the veil and gets playful with it, like the Brothers Grimm ghostwriting Stephen King . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMonstrilio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is full of surprises and delightfully messed up―at once precise and inscrutable and horrifying.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―\u003cem\u003ePatrick Rapa, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Zando\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e978-1638931607\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 336\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Page \u0026 Turner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44866726789328,"sku":null,"price":998.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8000\/5328\/files\/91KPmYef7HL._SL1500_3fab707d-e3b5-4ac2-a1cd-72d91c8a2ed4.jpg?v=1764407872","url":"https:\/\/pageandturner.ph\/products\/monstrilio-a-novel-by-gerardo-samano-cordova","provider":"Page \u0026 Turner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}