Diorama
an engrossing suspense novel set in 1980s Brazil
$41.22
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
16 June 2026
Summary
An engrossing, gritty, and adrenalin-fueled coming-of-age novel, marked by displacement and never-closing family wounds.
‘There’s much to admire in this layered work’ Publishers Weekly
Cecilia Matzenbacher is a taxidermist working in Northern California. Her passion for restoring once-living things and constructing dioramas of enclosed, immobilized worlds is all-encompassing. But when it comes to reconstructing her own history, Cecilia’s knack for composition frays.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529438451 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529438454 |
| Author: | Carol Bensimon, Zoë Perry, Julia Sanches |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 16 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 132mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
In their translation, Perry and Sanches keep up with energetic gusto, managing to weave the novel’s timelines together without losing the reader’s attention. The crime plot provides the page-turning pace, and Bensimon’s erudition grounds it in detail. * Defector *
About The Author
Carol Bensimon
Carol Bensimon was born in Porto Alegre in 1982. She is the author of the highly acclaimed novel O Clube dos Jardineiros de Fuma a (2017, Companhia das Letras) which won the Jabuti Award, the most prestigious literary award in Brazil and was shortlisted for the Sao Paulo Prize of Literature. She also wrote the novels We All Loved Cowboys (2013, Compania das Letras) which was published in the United States, France and Spain. Her debut novel Sinuca embaixo d’agua was published in 2009 by Companhia das Letras after publishing her first work of fiction, the story collection Po de parede (Nao Editora, 2008). In 2012 Bensimon was selected by Granta as one of the Best Young Brazilian Novelists. She has a master’s degree in Creative Writing from PUCRS. She lives with her girlfriend in Mendocino, California. Diorama is her fourth novel.
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