{"product_id":"creative-surgery-9781732638839","title":"Creative Surgery","description":"\u003cspan\u003eIn Clelia Farris' mind-bending tales, you'll find captivating characters with elusive identities like Kieser, who longs to transform himself through horrific procedures in \"Creative Surgery,\" or Yuliano (“Secret Enemy”), a man with no aesthetic taste, or Gabola, engaged in the battle of a lifetime against the expropriation of the Little Tuvu Hill. With dry and polished prose, like the stones of her native Sardinia, Clelia Farris takes us on adventures among the ruins of a future marred by climate change (\"A Day to Remember\") and in a haunting prison inhabited by the enigmatic figure of \"Rebecca.\" Collected and translated into English for the first time, these seven stories represent some of the greatest works from one of Italy's best science fiction authors. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Cagliari in 1967, Clelia Farris\ngraduated in psychology with a thesis on epistemology. A favorite\nwith both readers and experts, she is considered one of Italy's best\nscience fiction authors. She won the Fantascienza.com award\nwith Rupes Recta, the Odyssey award with \u003ci\u003eNo Man Is\nMy Brother\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Kipple prize with \u003ci\u003eThe Weighing\nof the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2012 she published \u003ci\u003eThe Justice of\nIsis\u003c\/i\u003e, set in the same futuristic Egypt of \u003ci\u003eThe\nWeighing of the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2015 she published the novella,\n\"Creative Surgery,\" which has been included in the\nanthologies, \u003ci\u003eStorie dal domani 2\u003c\/i\u003e and Rosarium\nPublishing's \u003ci\u003eFuture Fiction: New Dimensions in International\nScience Fiction and Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e. She was a finalist for the\nUrania Mondadori Award 2016 with her story, \"Uomini e Necro.\"\nHer stories have also been published Italian and international\nmagazines such as \u003ci\u003eRobot, Fantasy Magazine, Future Science\nFiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRachel Cordasco\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has a Ph.D in literary studies and currently works as a developmental editor. She’s written for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today, Strange Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSamovar Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and also translates Italian SFF. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJennifer Delare \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a full-time Italian-to-English translator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clelia Farris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48287108497659,"sku":"9781732638839","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_7b91b819-b70e-4ae4-a58a-61064821048f.jpg?v=1771574910","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/creative-surgery-9781732638839","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}