TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ferrada,María José
AU  - Bryer,Beth
TI  - How to order the universe: a novel 
SN  - 9781951142308
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Portland, Oregon
PB  - Tin House
KW  - Traveling sales personnel
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Fathers and daughters
KW  - Chile
KW  - History
KW  - 1973-1988
KW  - Bildungsromans
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical fiction
N1  - Originally published in Spanish as 'Kramp'; Translated from the Spanish
N2  - "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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