{"product_id":"discontent-paperback","title":"Discontent - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeatriz Serrano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMara Faye Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a dazzling new international voice, an audacious, darkly funny novel about a young woman whose carefully crafted office persona threatens to crack when she's forced to attend her company's annual retreat \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wry work of spectacular wit. . . . Beatriz Serrano writes with a caustic flare for detail, exploring the small humiliations of the everyday corporate office with charm and utter hilarity. Absolutely brilliant.\" --Danya Kukafka, author of \u003ci\u003eNotes on an Execution\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the surface, Marisa's life looks enviable. She lives in a beautiful apartment in the center of Madrid, she has a hot neighbor who is always around to sleep with her, and she's quickly risen through the ranks at a successful advertising agency. And yet she's drowning in a dark hole of existential dread induced by the banality of corporate life. Marisa hates her job and everyone at it. She spends her working hours locked in her office hiding from her coworkers, bingeing YouTube videos, and getting high on tranquilizers. When she has the time, she escapes to her favorite museum where she contemplates the meaning of life while staring at Hieronymus Bosch paintings, or trying to get hit by a car so she can go on disability. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Marisa's dubious success, which is largely built on lies and work she's stolen from other people, is in danger of being exposed when she's forced to go on her company's team-building retreat. Isolated in the Segovia forests, haunted by the deeply buried memory of a former coworker, and surrounded by psychopathic bosses, overzealous coworkers, flirty retreat staff, and an excess of drugs, Marisa finds herself acting on her wildest impulses and is pushed to the brink of a complete spiral.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeatriz Serrano is a writer and a journalist who has written for publications such as BuzzFeed, \u003ci\u003e Vanity Fair, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, \u003ci\u003eEl País, \u003c\/i\u003eSModa \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVogue.\u003c\/i\u003e Along with writer Guillermo Alonso, she currently co-directs the podcast \"Arsenic Caviar\", which won the Ondas Prize for best conversational podcast. \u003ci\u003eDiscontent\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel. She lives in Madrid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 7.95 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987437846829,"sku":"9798217006762","price":18.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/uzPgTUkACG9798217006762.webp?v=1776178702","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/discontent-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}