{"product_id":"restoration","title":"Restoration","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePropelled by female desire, shaped by the violence of the male gaze, and inspired by the endless vitality of old stories remade anew, \u003cem\u003eRestoration\u003c\/em\u003e draws on Bluebeard, Salvador Elizondo, Juan Rulfo, Angela Carter, Octavio Paz, Mariana Enriquez, and Amparo Dávila to create a haunting novel of obsession, reclamation, and romance gone very, very wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJasmina has been hired by her maybe-boyfriend to restore his family's crumbling home, a grubby, abandoned time capsule where a celebrated artist once lived. As she moves from room to room—scrubbing, scraping, and plastering over cracks—the stories hidden within the house begin to awaken, and the lives of the women who came before her slowly merge with her own. Who is the woman in the old photograph? And what secrets remain behind the final locked door?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA ghost story with porous borders between past and present, \u003cem\u003eRestoration\u003c\/em\u003e blurs the line between its characters and its readers, asking unsettling questions about memory, desire, and the doors we keep closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAve Barrera is a Mexican writer and editor from Guadalajara. Her debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Forgery\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Sergio Galindo Literary Award and introduced English-language readers to her distinctive blend of literary fiction and the uncanny. \u003cem\u003eRestoration\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the 2018 Lipp Prize, continues her exploration of memory, gender, art, and haunted spaces. This edition is translated from the Spanish by Ellen Jones and Robin Myers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharco Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAugust 26, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e258\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Fiction · Fiction in Translation · Gothic Fiction · Feminist Fiction · Psychological Fiction · Ghost Stories · Mexican Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9781917260022\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45223026393270,"sku":"9781917260022","price":28.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781917260022.jpg?v=1782570311","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/restoration","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}