{"product_id":"9780692449264","title":"The Butterfly Prison","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly Prison\u003c\/i\u003e is a tapestry of vignettes that tells the hushed-up, little stories that unfold within a world characterized by diminishment and shame, the stories of the disenfranchised, the stories of Paz and Mella.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs each fights for dignity in the shadows of poverty, harassment and exploitation, their decisions tell a compelling story of choice, consequence, systematic injustice, and the inner magic of the human constitution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender and thought provoking, unusual and rule-breaking, \u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly Prison\u003c\/i\u003e bites and delights as it redefines our notions of beauty, freedom, heroes, criminals, and war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With unsettling metaphors and an intense narrative thread, Tamara Pearson makes you work for it. But you'll be glad you did. This is a genuinely original and tender insight into the forgotten lives and dreams that long to break through the cracks in the paving stones of our broken societies.\" - Iain Bruce, Film maker, journalist, and author of various nonfiction books including The Porto Alegre Alternative: Direct Democracy in Action\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In language that bounces and jabs like a prize fighter, Tamara Pearson has given us a novel that mixes unforgettable stories with the politics of power. Supremely readable and supremely insightful.\" -Greg Palast, author of the New York Times bestsellers, Billionaires \u0026amp; Ballot Bandits and The Best Democracy Money Can Buy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Pearson's writing is poetic, haunting, and acidic. In the Butterfly Prison, she interweaves compelling characters with the much larger issues of war, ecological collapse, and human suffering. The Butterfly Prison is a meditation on the similarities and differences of the prisons that people are forced to live in and the ways that they resist their imprisonment. This is a story about the power of human creativity in the face of indifference and violence. It is a reminder of the importance of imagination and creating new stories as weapons against evil and self-annihilation. \"- Mai'a Williams, co-editor of Revolutionary Mothering\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a novel that talks about the hardest things, and in such an engrossing way. The character Paz just blew me away. \"- Michael Fox, co-director of documentary Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas and co-author of both Venezuela Speaks!: Voices from the Grassroots and Latin America's Turbulent Transitions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tamara Pearson has drawn upon her extensive experience observing Latin American political movements to write this promising new novel. \"- George Ciccariello-Maher, author of We Created Chavez: A People's History of the Venezuelan Revolution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I strongly recommend Tamara Pearson's novel La Belleza, for its political and social insight, uniqueness, and moving prose. The Butterfly Prison is a powerful novel that has an impact, it will stay relevant for a very long time. \" -Michael Albert, author and co-author of over twenty books, including Looking Forward, Thought Dreams: Radical Theory for the 21st Century, and Parecon: Life after Capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In The Butterfly Prison, Tamara Pearson does a fascinating job of injecting political statements into a story about very likeable human beings, victims of social injustice. She is especially effective in her colorful use of words to provide vivid descriptions. \"- Steve Ellner, author and editor of a range of non-fiction books, including Rethinking Venezuelan Politics: Class, Polarization and the Chávez Phenomenon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017935503600,"sku":"9780692449264","price":20.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780692449264_p0.jpg?v=1763611549","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692449264","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}