{"product_id":"saga-of-brutes","title":"Saga of Brutes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn three stark novellas, Ana Paula Maia describes the shocking reality of the lives of the invisible workingmen who are forced to carry society's burdens.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the International Booker Prize Shortlisted Author of \u003cem\u003eOn Earth As It Is Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaga of Brutes\u003c\/i\u003e draws together three confronting and darkly comic stories: \"Between Dog Fights and Hog Slaughter,\" \"The Dirty Work of Others,\" and \"carbo animalis,\" published in one volume for the first time. Her protagonists are heroes of vile circumstance--coal miners, firemen, garbage collectors, crematorium workers--soot-covered supermen who risk their lives performing difficult and dangerous work for others. But in the end, they, too, amount to nothing but \u003ci\u003ecarbo animalis\u003c\/i\u003e--notwithstanding the impure relation of coal to diamonds. Despite their straightforwardness, Ana Paula Maia's stories are filled with great insight and compassion for the lives of the men who live on the edge of a society built with their own sweat.","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48841242214605,"sku":"9781628971460","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_609fa878-f709-46d0-9d41-030e4653abff.jpg?v=1792025728","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/saga-of-brutes","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}