Reviews
"Raw and savage, delving into the violence of machismo, inequality and abuse." -- Vistazo "The reader is immersed into a violent and cruel world, described in splendid prose. . . . Ampuero writes from fury." -- Vanguardia (Mexico), "Set against backdrops of immigrant struggles and crumbling tropical infrastructures, Ampuero's exquisite writing explores the nuances of the Latina experience in her home country and abroad." -- Southern Review of Books "The stories in Human Sacrifices show that one's security in a capitalist, patriarchal society is never guaranteed; there must be sacrifices--human ones--to stay afloat." -- Full Stop "Visceral... there's a great deal of humanity in these difficult stories." -- Publishers Weekly "Terrifying stories that dazzle with formal experimentation." -- Kirkus Reviews "Uniformly excellent... it's a feat to have twelve equally strong stories in one collection." -- Locus Mag "Wildly imaginative and seriously dark." --Book Riot "This is a haunting book." --Ms. Magazine "A Latine and feminist gothic must-read." --Autostraddle "Ampuero is a stylish writer, but her stories are dangerous whirlpools, dragging the reader into their deadly undertow." --The Daily Mail "Much like the harsh systematic forces that plague her work, Ampuero doesn't relinquish her ever-tightening grasp till the book's end." --Big Issue "María Fernanda Ampuero's writing is pure horror and aesthetic joy. Human Sacrifices is a magnificent book that still haunts me to this day." --Mónica Ojeda, author of Jawbone "Raw and savage, delving into the violence of machismo, inequality and abuse." -- Vistazo "The reader is immersed into a violent and cruel world, described in splendid prose. . . . Ampuero writes from fury." -- Vanguardia (Mexico) "Visceral." --Latin American Literature Today, "Fast, fierce and relentlessly brutal, these 12 stories are the literary equivalent of a feminist death metal album." --New York Times "Set against backdrops of immigrant struggles and crumbling tropical infrastructures, Ampuero's exquisite writing explores the nuances of the Latina experience in her home country and abroad." -- Southern Review of Books "The stories in Human Sacrifices show that one's security in a capitalist, patriarchal society is never guaranteed; there must be sacrifices--human ones--to stay afloat." -- Full Stop "Visceral... there's a great deal of humanity in these difficult stories." -- Publishers Weekly "Terrifying stories that dazzle with formal experimentation." -- Kirkus Reviews "Uniformly excellent... it's a feat to have twelve equally strong stories in one collection." -- Locus Mag "Wildly imaginative and seriously dark." --Book Riot "This is a haunting book." --Ms. Magazine "A Latine and feminist gothic must-read." --Autostraddle "Ampuero is a stylish writer, but her stories are dangerous whirlpools, dragging the reader into their deadly undertow." --The Daily Mail "Much like the harsh systematic forces that plague her work, Ampuero doesn't relinquish her ever-tightening grasp till the book's end." -- Big Issue "María Fernanda Ampuero's writing is pure horror and aesthetic joy. Human Sacrifices is a magnificent book that still haunts me to this day." --Mónica Ojeda, author of Jawbone "Raw and savage, delving into the violence of machismo, inequality and abuse." -- Vistazo "The reader is immersed into a violent and cruel world, described in splendid prose. . . . Ampuero writes from fury." -- Vanguardia (Mexico) "Visceral." --Latin American Literature Today, "Visceral... there's a great deal of humanity in these difficult stories." -- Publishers Weekly "Terrifying stories that dazzle with formal experimentation." -- Kirkus Reviews "Uniformly excellent... it's a feat to have twelve equally strong stories in one collection." -- Locus Mag "Wildly imaginative and seriously dark." --Book Riot "This is a haunting book." --Ms. Magazine "A Latine and feminist gothic must-read." --Autostraddle "Ampuero is a stylish writer, but her stories are dangerous whirlpools, dragging the reader into their deadly undertow." --The Daily Mail "Much like the harsh systematic forces that plague her work, Ampuero doesn't relinquish her ever-tightening grasp till the book's end." --Big Issue "María Fernanda Ampuero's writing is pure horror and aesthetic joy. Human Sacrifices is a magnificent book that still haunts me to this day." --Mónica Ojeda, author of Jawbone "Raw and savage, delving into the violence of machismo, inequality and abuse." -- Vistazo "The reader is immersed into a violent and cruel world, described in splendid prose. . . . Ampuero writes from fury." -- Vanguardia (Mexico) "Visceral." --Latin American Literature Today, "Visceral... there's a great deal of humanity in these difficult stories." -- Publishers Weekly "Terrifying stories that dazzle with formal experimentation." -- Kirkus Reviews "Uniformly excellent... it's a feat to have twelve equally strong stories in one collection." -- Locus Mag "María Fernanda Ampuero's writing is pure horror and aesthetic joy. Human Sacrifices is a magnificent book that still haunts me to this day." --Mónica Ojeda, author of Jawbone "Raw and savage, delving into the violence of machismo, inequality and abuse." -- Vistazo "The reader is immersed into a violent and cruel world, described in splendid prose. . . . Ampuero writes from fury." -- Vanguardia (Mexico) "Visceral." --Latin American Literature Today
