{"product_id":"euphoria-days","title":"Euphoria Days","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat makes a happy life? In a slightly off-kilter Madrid of the near future, María, a data analyst, has devoted her career to answering that timeless question with computer programs and algorithms—until a recurring nightmare about worms throws her life into disarray. Others have sought happiness elsewhere: Blasco has turned to internet porn; his wife, Diana, to motherhood; Angélica to what she thinks might be love; and the hapless Carlos to substances and a spiritual guide who may or may not be a hack. But in a world increasingly governed by data, are anyone's decisions really their own? Renowned Spanish writer \u003cstrong\u003ePilar Fraile\u003c\/strong\u003e's first novel to be translated into English, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEUPHORIA DAYS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e traces the intersecting paths of five workers edging toward middle age and grasping at the cheap thrills of optimization. A comedy of errors that shows what happens when we trade autonomy for the false promises of a data-driven existence, from one of the sharpest writers working in the Spanish language today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePilar Fraile\u003c\/strong\u003e is a doctor in comparative literature. Her publications include the novel\u003cem\u003e Las ventajas de la vida en el campo \u003c\/em\u003e(Caballo de Troya-Penguin Random House, 2018) and the short story collection \u003cem\u003eLos nuevos pobladores\u003c\/em\u003e (Ediciones Traspiés, 2014). Her work has been translated into Norwegian, Portuguese and English, and excerpts have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review, Conjunctions\u003c\/em\u003e, and other venues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLizzie Davis\u003c\/strong\u003e is a translator and an editor at Transit Books. Her recent projects include works by Juan Cárdenas, Daniela Tarazona, Elena Medel, and Begoña Gómez Urzaiz. Her translation of Cárdenas's \u003cem\u003eThe Devil of the Provinces\u003c\/em\u003e was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Pilar Fraile has written a magnificent dystopia in which the calculus of artificial happiness has colonized even the erotic dimension of our bodies. Will we be able to escape, will we find a way to flee this new tyranny?\" - \u003cstrong\u003eJuan Cárdenas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Itasca Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54526375624979,"sku":"9781950987511","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/3521\/2563\/files\/9781950987511ita.jpg?v=1785852057","url":"https:\/\/danuc.net\/products\/euphoria-days","provider":"Danu's Wardrobe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}