{"title":"Authors A–D","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/inga-abele\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eInga Ābele\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/pilar-adon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePilar Adón\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Katixa%20Agirre\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKatixa Agirre\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Naja%20Marie%20Aidt\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNaja Marie Aidt\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Esther%20Allen%2C%20Sean%20Cotter%20%26%20Russell%20Scott%20Valentino%2C%20eds.\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEsther Allen\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Bae%20Suah\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBae Suah\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Zs%C3%B3fia%20B%C3%A1n\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eZsófia Bán\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Juan%20G%C3%B3mez%20B%C3%A1rcena\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJuan Gómez Bárcena\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Rusana%20Bardarska\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRusana Bardarska\u003c\/a\u003e • \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Svetislav%20Basara\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSvetislav Basara\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Lutz%20Bassmann\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLutz Bassman\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Michal%20Ben-Naftali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMichal Ben-Naftali\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Gu%C3%B0bergur%20Bergsson\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGuðburger Bergsson\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Max%20Besora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMax Besora\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Jean-Marie%20Blas%20de%20Robl%C3%A8s\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJean-Marie Blas de Roblès\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Katarzyna%20Boni\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKatarzyna Boni\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Per%20Aage%20Brandt\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePer Aage Brandt\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Dmitry%20Bykov\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDmitry Bykov\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Can%20Xue\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCan Xue\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=L%C3%BAcio%20Cardoso\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLúcio Cardoso\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=V%C3%ADctor%20Catal%C3%A0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVictor Catalá\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Sergio%20Chejfec\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSergio Chejfec\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Eduardo%20Chirinos\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEduardo Chirinos\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Aliocha%20Coll\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAliocha Coll\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Esther%20Allen%2C%20Sean%20Cotter%20%26%20Russell%20Scott%20Valentino%2C%20eds.\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSean Cotter\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Nataliya%20Deleva\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNataliya Deleva\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Manuela%20Draeger\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eManuela Draeger\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Marguerite%20Duras\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMarguerite Duras\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/collections\/vendors?q=Elisa%20Shua%20Dusapin\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eElisa Shua 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This phrase describes the experience of reading Chejfec’s novel. . . . These moments, when Chejfec combines exquisite prose with the human yearning for truth and beauty, keep us reading, weighing the novel’s contradictions, sifting through the narrator’s abstract reflections in search of his life’s meaning.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpening with the presently shut-in narrator reminiscing about a past relationship with Delia, a young factory worker,\u003cem\u003eThe Dark\u003c\/em\u003e employs Chejfec’s signature style with an emphasis on the geography and motion of the mind, to recount the time the narrator spent with this multifaceted, yet somewhat absent, woman. On their daily walks he becomes privy to the ways in which the working class functions; he studies and analyzes its structure and mindset, finding it incredibly organized, self-explanatory, and even beautiful. He repeatedly attempts to apply his “book” knowledge to explain what he sees and wants to understand of Delia’s existence, and though the difference between their social classes is initially a source of great intrigue—if not obsession—he must eventually learn that there comes a point where the boundary between observer and participant can dissolve with disarming speed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a voice that favors erudite distance, yet simultaneously demands intimate attention, \u003cem\u003eThe Dark\u003c\/em\u003e is the most captivating example of Sergio Chejfec’s unique narrative approach, and a resonant novel that calls into question the necessity, risks, and fallout behind the desire and attempt to know another person. \u003cem\u003e(\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/pages\/the-dark-excerpt\" title=\"The Dark - excerpt\"\u003eRead an Excerpt\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSergio Chejfec, originally from Argentina, has published numerous works of fiction, poetry, and essays. Among his grants and prizes, he has received fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in 2007 and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation in 2000. His books have been translated into French, German, and Portuguese. He teaches in the Creative Writing in Spanish Program at NYU, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Two Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is his first novel to be translated into English.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Heather Cleary is a translator of fiction, criticism, and poetry, whose work has appeared in numerous journals and edited volumes, including \u003cem\u003eTwo Lines\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Coffin Factory\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRevealing Mexico\u003c\/em\u003e. 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She is also the translator of Chejfec's \u003cem\u003eThe Planets\u003c\/em\u003e, and one of the founders of \u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eBuenos Aires Review\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"It is hard to think of another contemporary writer who, marrying true intellect with simple description of a space, simultaneously covers so little and so much ground.”\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"If genius can be defined by the measure of depth of an artist’s perception into human experience, then Chejfec is a genius.\"\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCoffin Factory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sergio Chejfec","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":386461428,"sku":"","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (epub)","offer_id":659306145,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/Dark_front.jpg?v=1382816256"},{"product_id":"the-cyclist-conspiracy","title":"The Cyclist Conspiracy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eMarch 20, 2012\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003enovel | pb | 280 pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e978-1-934824-58-0\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e“Some books grow old with years, some are rejuvenated, some remain the same. But extremely rare are those that manage to force reality to change and adapt to what is written in them. Some twenty years ago \u003cem\u003eThe Cyclist Conspiracy\u003c\/em\u003e seemed like postmodern brick-a-brack. Today, it is a historical record that becomes more and more true with every new day.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—David Albahari\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Cyclist Conspiracy\u003c\/em\u003e tells the tale of a secret Brotherhood who meet in dreams, gain esoteric knowledge from contemplation of the bicycle, and seek to move in and out of history, manipulating events; the Brothers are part of a conspiracy so vast and so secret that, in many cases, the conspirators themselves are unaware of their participation in it. 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He convinces himself that M must have died in this explosion, and he begins to tell the story of their friendship through a series interconnected vignettes, hoping in this way to reanimate his friend and relive the time they spent together wandering the streets of Buenos Aires.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSergio Chejfec’s \u003cem\u003eThe Planets \u003c\/em\u003eis an affecting and innovative exploration of mourning, remembrance, and friendship by one of Argentina’s modern masters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSergio Chejfec, originally from Argentina, has published numerous works of fiction, poetry, and essays. 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A walker by inclination and habit, he has decided to explore the city after attending a literary conference—he was invited following the publication of his most recent novel, although, as he has been informed via anonymous e-mail, the novel is not receiving good reviews. Initially thwarted by his inability to transpose the two-dimensional information of the map onto the impassable roads and dead-ends of the three-dimensional city, once he finds the park the narrator begins to see his own thoughts, reflections, and memories mirrored in the landscape of the park and its inhabitants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eChejfec's \u003ci\u003eMy Two Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e, an extraordinary meditation on experience, writing, and space, is at once descriptively inventive and preternaturally familiar, a novel that challenges the limitations of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by \u003cspan color=\"#666666\"\u003eMargaret B. Carson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eIntroduction by Enrique Vila-Matas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSergio Chejfec, originally from Argentina, has published numerous works of fiction, poetry, and essays. Among his grants and prizes, he has received fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in 2007 and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation in 2000. His books have been translated into French, German, and Portuguese. He teaches in the Creative Writing in Spanish Program at NYU, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Two Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is his first novel to be translated into English.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Without a doubt, Chejfec deserves greater recognition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Two Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaves the way for the novel of the future.”\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eEnrique Vila-Matas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sergio Chejfec","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":404560805,"sku":"","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (epub)","offer_id":404560809,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/mytwoworlds_highres.jpg?v=1384460332"},{"product_id":"high-tide","title":"High Tide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eSeptember 28, 2013\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003enovel | pb | 334 pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e978-1-934824-80-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#666666\"\u003eWinner of the 2015 AATSEEL Book Award for Best Translation into English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e“A sharp realist.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—Aleksandar Hemon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTold more or less in reverse chronological order, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHigh Tide \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the story of Ieva, her dead lover, her imprisoned husband, and the way their youthful decisions dramatically impacted the rest of their lives. Taking place over three decades, High Tide functions as a sort of psychological mystery, with the full scope of Ieva’s personal situation—and the relationship between the three main characters—only becoming clear at the end of the novel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eOne of Latvia’s most notable young writers, Ābele is a fresh voice in European fiction—her prose is direct, evocative, and exceptionally beautiful. The combination of strikingly lush descriptive writing with the precision with which she depicts the minds of her characters elevates this novel from a simple story of a love triangle into a fascinating, philosophical, haunting book. \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e(\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/pages\/high-tide-excerpt\" title=\"High Tide - excerpt\"\u003eRead an Excerpt\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eTranslated from the Latvian by \u003cspan color=\"#666666\"\u003eKaija Straumanis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInga Ābele (born 1972) is a Latvian novelist, poet, and playwright. 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She has translated works by Inga Ābele, Inga Žolude, Jānis Joņevs, and Zigmunds Skujiņš, among others. She received the 2015 AATSEEL Book Award for Best Translation into English (Creative Literature) for her work on \u003cem\u003eHigh Tide\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Ābele has the rare ability to find that existential abyss that lies beneath the superficial surface of daily existence.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuntis Berelis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inga Ābele","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":404671865,"sku":"","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (epub)","offer_id":404671869,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/High_Tide.jpg?v=1384465124"},{"product_id":"lamour","title":"L'Amour","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eJuly 16, 2013\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003enovel | pb | 112 pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e978-1-934824-79-5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e“Duras’s language and writing shine like crystals.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA man—the traveler—arrives in the seaside town of S. 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Thala. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in a stark and cinematic narrative style, this sequel to Duras’s 1964 novel\u003cem\u003eThe Ravishing of Lol Stein\u003c\/em\u003e is a curious, yet haunting representation of the human memory: what we choose to recall, what we choose to forget, and how reliable we ultimately decide ourselves to be. \u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/pages\/l-amour-excerpt\" title=\"L'Amour - excerpt\"\u003eRead an Excerpt\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eTranslated from the French by \u003cspan color=\"#666666\"\u003eKazim Ali \u0026amp; Libby Murphy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#666666\" style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eIntroduction by \u003cspan color=\"#666666\"\u003eKazim Ali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarguerite Duras was born in Giadinh, Vietnam (then Indochina) to French parents. 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She died in Paris in 1996 at the age of 81.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translators:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKazim Ali is a poet, essayist, and novelist, and has published a translation of \u003cem\u003eWater's Footfall\u003c\/em\u003e by Sohrab Sepehri in addition to co-translating Duras's \u003cem\u003eL'Amour\u003c\/em\u003e. He teaches at Oberlin College and the University of Southern Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLibby Murphy teaches at Oberlin College. She has published articles on print culture and the First World War, and on the reception of Charlie Chaplin's films in wartime and postwar France.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A spectacular success. . . . 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After leaving his mistress and the Ministry behind forever, he joins the crew of The Gibraltar, a yacht captained by Anna, a beautiful American in perpetual search of her sometime lover, a young man known only as the \"Sailor from Gibraltar.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eFirst published in 1952, this early novel of Duras's—which was made into a film in 1967—shows those preoccupations which have so deeply concerned her in her later novels and film scripts: loneliness, boredom, the inevitability and intangibility of love. The lambent poetry of the book, and the limning of a woman's mind, her love and sense of the inevitability of that love are singularly Marguerite Duras.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eTranslated from the French by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#444444\" style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Bray\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06; line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#666666\" style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarguerite Duras was born in Giadinh, Vietnam (then Indochina) to French parents. 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Precisely organized and formally inventive, each poem in the collection is itself a collection of ten numbered stanzas, and each of the stanzas themselves are fully formed poems, a series of rhythmic, elliptical fables from a fully recognizable, yet wholly original, world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe third collection of Chirinos’s poetry to appear in English, \u003cem\u003eThe Smoke of Distant Fires\u003c\/em\u003e signals an exciting new direction in Chirinos’s poetics—its multivocal stanzas, evocative intertextuality, and enigmatic transparency join forces to perform a poignant interrogation of what it means to write poetry in the early twenty-first century. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by G. J. 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A couple grows a plant that blooms underground, invisibly, to their long-time neighbor’s consternation. A cat worries about its sleepwalking owner, who receives a mysterious visitor while he’s asleep. After a ten-year absence, a young man visits his uncle, on the twenty-fourth floor of a high-rise that is floating in the air, while his ugly cousin hesitates on the stairs . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCan Xue is a master of the dreamscape, crafting stories that inhabit the space where fantasy and reality, time and timelessness, the quotidian and the extraordinary, meet. The stories in this striking and lyrical new collection—populated by old married couples, children, cats, and nosy neighbors, the entire menagerie of the everyday—reaffirm Can Xue's reputation as one of the most innovative Chinese writers in a generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Chinese by \u003cspan color=\"#444444\"\u003eKaren Gernant \u0026amp; Chen Zeping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCan Xue, meaning \"dirty snow, leftover snow,\" is the pseudonym of Deng Xiaohua. 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Yet you know exactly where in the universe you are. This is the hallmark of great short stories, from Chekhov’s portraits of discontented Russians to Joyce’s struggling Dubliners.”  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNaja Marie Aidt’s long-awaited first novel is a breathtaking page-turner and complex portrait of a man whose life slowly devolves into one of violence and jealousy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRock, Paper, Scissors\u003c\/em\u003e opens shortly after the death of Thomas and Jenny’s criminal father. While trying to fix a toaster that he left behind, Thomas discovers a secret, setting into motion a series of events leading to the dissolution of his life, and plunging him into a dark, shadowy underworld of violence and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gripping story written with a poet’s sensibility and attention to language, \u003cem\u003eRock, Paper, Scissors\u003c\/em\u003e showcases all of Aidt’s gifts and will greatly expand the readership for one of Denmark’s most decorated and beloved writers.\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/pages\/rock-paper-scissors-excerpt\" title=\"Rock, Paper, Scissors - EXCERPT\" style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Read an Excerpt)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Danish by K. E. Semme\u003cspan color=\"#444444\"\u003el\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNaja Marie Aidt was born in Greenland and raised in Copenhagen. She is the author of ten collections of poetry and three short story collections, including \u003cem\u003eBaboon\u003c\/em\u003e (Two Lines Press), which received the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize and the Danish Critics Prize for Literature. Her books have been translated into nine languages. \u003cem\u003eRock, Paper, Scissors\u003c\/em\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator: \u003c\/strong\u003eK. E. Semmel is a writer and translator whose work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eOntario Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAufgabe\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBitter Oleander\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. His translations include books by Karin Fossum, Erik Valeur, and Simon Fruelund.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e“The dynamics Aidt reveals to us, and which drives her linguistic expression (abrupt, breathless sentences mirroring rather than penetrating the consciousness of her characters) consists on the one hand in the sheer manic nature of late-modern existence (surface haste, stressful energy, frenzied consumption), and on the other in an—if I may be so bold—authentic sexual energy full of release potential.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—Lilian Munk Rösing, speech in honor of Aidt receiving the Danish Critics’ Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Naja Marie Aidt","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":1102673608,"sku":"","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (epub)","offer_id":13561232523308,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/Rock_Paper_Scissors.jpg?v=1421187949"},{"product_id":"abahn-sabana-david","title":"Abahn Sabana David","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eJune 14, 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003enovel | pb | 108 pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e978-1-940953-36-6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e“Duras’s language and writing shine like crystals.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable for the first time in English, \u003cem\u003eAbahn Sabana David\u003c\/em\u003e is a late-career masterpiece from one of France’s top writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLate one evening, David and Sabana, communists, arrive at a country house where they meet Abahn, the man they’ve been sent to guard and ultimately kill for his perceived transgressions. A fourth man arrives (also named Abahn), and throughout the night these four characters discuss understanding, capitalism, violence, revolution, and dogs. A gun in the house disquiets the scene. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuspenseful and thought-provoking, Duras’s novel is evocative of Samuel Beckett as it explores human existence and suffering in the confusing contemporary world. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/pages\/abahn-sabana-david-excerpt\" title=\"Abahn Sabana David - excerpt\"\u003eRead an Excerpt\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eTranslated from the French by \u003cspan color=\"#666666\"\u003eKazim Ali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarguerite Duras was born in Giadinh, Vietnam (then Indochina) to French parents. 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The sentences lodge themselves slowly in the reader’s mind until they detonate with all the force of fused feeling and thought.”\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Marguerite Duras","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":11175681349,"sku":"","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (epub)","offer_id":13561392300076,"sku":"","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/Abahn_Sabana_David-front.jpg?v=1455913746"},{"product_id":"chronicle-of-the-murdered-house","title":"Chronicle of the Murdered House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eDecember 13, 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003enovel | pb | 592 pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e978-1-940953-50-2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2017 Best Translated Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e“A real revolution in Brazilian Literature.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—Benjamin Moser\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong considered one of the most important works of twentieth-century Brazilian literature, \u003cem\u003eChronicle of the Murdered House\u003c\/em\u003e is finally available in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, the novel relates the dissolution of a once proud patri­archal family that blames its ruin on the youngest son Valdo’s marriage to Nina—a vibrant, unpredictable, and incendiary young woman whose very existence seems to depend on the destruction of the household. 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Within the history of Brazilian literature, his oeuvre pioneered subjective scrutiny of the modern self, bringing to the fore the personal dramas and dilemmas that underlie perceptions of collective existence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lúcio Cardoso","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":19049776709,"sku":"","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (epub)","offer_id":13561492897836,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/Chronicle_of_the_Murdered_House-front.jpg?v=1468862441"},{"product_id":"a-greater-music","title":"A Greater Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eOctober 11, 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003enovel | pb | 128 pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e978-1-940953-46-5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e“Bae Suah offers the chance to unknow—to see the everyday afresh and be defamiliarized with what we believe we know—which is no small offering.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003eMusic \u0026amp; Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author nominated for the Best Translated Book Award and the PEN Translation Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNear the beginning of \u003cem\u003eA Greater Music\u003c\/em\u003e, the narrator, a young Korean writer, falls into an icy river in the Berlin suburbs, where she’s been house-sitting for her on-off boyfriend Joachim. This sets into motion a series of memories that move between the hazily defined present and the period three years ago when she first lived in Berlin. Throughout, the narrator’s relationship with Joachim, a rough-and-ready metalworker, is contrasted with her friendship with M, an ultra-refined music-loving German teacher who was once her lover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA novel of memories and wandering, \u003cem\u003eA Greater Music\u003c\/em\u003e blends riffs on music, language, and literature with a gut-punch of an emotional ending, establishing Bae Suah as one of the most exciting novelists working today. \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/pages\/a-greater-music-excerpt\" title=\"A Greater Music - Excerpt\" style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Read an Excerpt)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Korean by Deborah Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Bae Suah, one of the most highly acclaimed contemporary Korean authors, has published more than a dozen works and won several prestigious awards. She has also translated several books from the German, including works by W. G. Sebald, Franz Kafka, and Jenny Erpenbeck. Her first book to appear in English, \u003cem\u003eNowhere to be Found\u003c\/em\u003e, was longlisted for a PEN Translation Prize and the Best Translated Book Award.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator: \u003c\/strong\u003eDeborah Smith has translated two other books by Bae Suah (\u003cem\u003eRecitation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Greater Music\u003c\/em\u003e), and won the Man Booker International Prize for her translation of Han Kang's \u003cem\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the founder of Tilted Axis Press.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e“With concise, evocative prose, Bae merges the mundane with the strange in a way that leaves the reader fulfilled yet bewildered, pondering how exactly the author managed to pull this all off.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003eKorean Literature Now\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bae Suah","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":19050845253,"sku":"","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (epub)","offer_id":13561454624812,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/Greater_Music-front_frame.jpg?v=1468864212"},{"product_id":"frontier","title":"Frontier","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eMarch 14, 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003enovel | pb | 470 pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e978-1-940953-54-0\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“There’s a new world master among us, and her name is Can Xue.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Robert Coover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction by Porochista Khakpour\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrontier\u003c\/em\u003e opens with the story of Liujin, a young woman heading out on her own to create her own life in Pebble Town, a somewhat surreal place at the base of Snow Mountain where wolves roam the streets and certain enlightened individuals can see and enter a paradisiacal garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExploring life in this city (or in the frontier) through the viewpoint of a dozen different characters, some simple, some profound, Can Xue’s latest novel attempts to unify the grand opposites of life—barbarism and civilization, the spiritual and the material, the mundane and the sublime, beauty and death, Eastern and Western cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA layered, multifaceted masterpiece from the 2015 winner of the Best Translated Book Award, \u003cem\u003eFrontier\u003c\/em\u003e exemplifies John Darnielle’s statement that Can Xue’s books read “as if dreams had invaded the physical world.” \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/pages\/frontier-excerpt\" title=\"Frontier - Excerpt\" style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Read an Excerpt)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Chinese by Karen Gernant \u0026amp; Chen Zeping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCan Xue is a pseudonym meaning \"dirty snow, leftover snow.\" She learned English on her own and has written books on Borges, Shakespeare, and Dante. 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His novel \u003cem\u003eWhere Tigers Are at Home\u003c\/em\u003e won the Fnac, Giono, and Médicis Prizes. \u003cem\u003eIsland of Point Nemo\u003c\/em\u003e is his ninth novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTranslator: \u003c\/strong\u003eHannah Chute has an MA in Literary Translation from the University of Rochester. In 2015, she received the Banff Centre Scholarship to work on \u003cem\u003eIsland of Point Nemo\u003c\/em\u003e, her first full-length translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e“Psychodrama meets history meets mystery—vintage Umberto Eco territory, as practiced by French philosophy professor turned novelist Blas de Roblès.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":29498246729,"sku":"","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"epub (ebook)","offer_id":13561540050988,"sku":"","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/9781940953625.jpg?v=1484756801"},{"product_id":"tomas-jonsson-bestseller","title":"Tómas Jónsson, Bestseller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eJuly 11, 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003enovel | pb | 500 pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e978-1-940953-60-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e“Guðbergur Bergsson achieved success with his novel \u003cem\u003eTómas Jónsson, Bestseller\u003c\/em\u003e, which shocked Icelandic readers in innumerable ways.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—Dagný Kristjánsdóttir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA retired, senile bank clerk confined to his basement apartment, Tómas Jónsson decides that, since memoirs are all the rage, he’s going to write his own—a sure bestseller—that will also right the wrongs of contemporary Icelandic society. Egoistic, cranky, and digressive, Tómas blasts away while relating pick-up techniques, meditations on chamber pot use, ways to assign monetary value to noise pollution, and much more. His rants parody and subvert the idea of the memoir—something that’s as relevant today in our memoir-obsessed society as it was when the novel was first published.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidered by many to be the “Icelandic \u003cem\u003eUlysses\u003c\/em\u003e” for its wordplay, neologisms, structural upheaval, and reinvention of what’s possible in Icelandic writing, \u003cem\u003eTómas Jónsson, Bestseller\u003c\/em\u003e was a bestseller, heralding a new age of Icelandic literature. \u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/pages\/tomas-jonsson-bestseller-excerpt\"\u003eRead an Excerpt\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eTranslated from the Icelandic by Lytton Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Guðbergur Bergsson is the author of twenty-one books, from novels to children’s literature, and a translator from Spanish into Icelandic. He has received the Icelandic Literary Prize and the Nordic Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTranslator: \u003c\/strong\u003eLytton Smith is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe All-Purpose Magical Tent\u003c\/em\u003e, and has translated works from Bragi Ólafsson, Jón Gnarr, and Kristín Ómarsdóttir, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Bergsson is known in his homeland for his translations of Gabriel García Márquez, and the debt to García Márquez is clear in this sparsely sensual, idyllic fable of country matters.”\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Guðbergur Bergsson","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":29499004233,"sku":"","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (epub)","offer_id":13561528647724,"sku":"","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/9781940953601.jpg?v=1484758083"},{"product_id":"if-i-were-a-suicide-bomber","title":"If I Were a Suicide Bomber","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eSeptember 12, 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003epoetry | pb | 261 pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e978-1-940953-64-9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e“Smart, impish, and spare, Per Aage Brandt finds the physical in the metaphysical, and the fizz in the physiological.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—Joanna Trzeciak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA cognitive scientist by trade, Per Aage Brandt’s poems resemble little puzzle boxes—all quite short with lines of almost identical length. But within this seemingly rigid structure, he explores a vast range of topics, from death and communication to catastrophes, economics, intimacy, dreams, and cats. At once philosophical and playful, these poems stimulate the mind and are also disarmingly human.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eif I were a suicide bomber, by profession,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eso to speak, I would choose a deserted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eplace, climb up on a big boulder, focus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003emy mind intensely on the world’s most\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003einsane, stupid, malodorous, and in every\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003erespect repulsive ideas, evoke and display\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ethem, scrutinize their features very precisely\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ebefore my inner eye and ear, and then,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ewhen all finally was totally clear,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI would activate the detonator in my belt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"padding-left: 180px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(goodbye, ideas)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/pages\/if-i-were-a-suicide-bomber-excerpt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Read an Excerpt)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eTranslated from the Danish by Thom Satterlee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In addition to his poetry, Per Aage Brandt has published a large number of books on the subjects of semiotics, linguistics, culture, and music. He has also translated Molière and the Marquis de Sade, among others, and has had some of his translations set to music in Frederik Magle’s \u003ci\u003eCantabile.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator: \u003c\/strong\u003eThom Satterlee received his MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Arkansas, and has published two previous collections of Danish poetry in translation. He has received fellowships from the NEA and PEN America, and won the Translation Prize from the American-Scandinavian Foundation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e“Not only do we get Per Aage Brandt's witty, compact, and unerring poems, brisk riff's on experience, consciousness, and the world around us; we also get, across each page, Thom Satterlee's English versions of them, nimbly accomplished, true to the originals, and extremely creative in their own right” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—David Young\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Per Aage Brandt","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":41585294153,"sku":"","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (epub)","offer_id":13561585369132,"sku":"","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/If_I_Were_a_Suicide_Bomber-front-frame.jpg?v=1501094294"},{"product_id":"north-station","title":"North Station","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eOctober 10, 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003estories | pb | 212 pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e978-1-940953-65-6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e“Bae dissolves conventional linear narrative, as though it were impossible for cause and effect to exist concurrently with such repression.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—Joanna Walsh, \u003cem\u003eThe National\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author nominated for the Best Translated Book Award and the PEN Translation Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA writer struggles to come to terms with the death of her beloved mentor; the staging of an experimental play goes awry; time freezes for two lovers on a platform, waiting for the train that will take one of them away; a woman living in a foreign country discovers she has been issued with the wrong ID.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotionally haunting, intellectually stimulating, the seven stories in \u003cem\u003eNorth Station\u003c\/em\u003e represent the range and power of Bae Suah’s distinctive voice and style, which delights in digressions, multiple storylines, and sudden ruptures of societal norms. Heavily influenced by the German authors she’s read and translated, Bae’s stories combine elements of Korean and European storytelling in a way that’s unforgettable and mesmerizing.  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/pages\/north-station-excerpt\" title=\"North Station - Excerpt\" style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Read an Excerpt)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Korean by Deborah Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Bae Suah, one of the most highly acclaimed contemporary Korean authors, has published more than a dozen short story collections and novels, and has won a number of prestigious awards. She has also translated several books from the German, including works by W. G. Sebald, Franz Kafka, and Jenny Erpenbeck. Her novel \u003cem\u003eNowhere to Be Found\u003c\/em\u003e was longlisted for the PEN Translation Prize and the Best Translated Book Awards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeborah Smith has translated two other books by Bae Suah (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRecitation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Greater Music\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), and won the Man Booker International Prize for her translation of Han Kang's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She is the founder of Tilted Axis Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e“Bae Suah offers the chance to unknow—to see the everyday afresh and be defamiliarized with what we believe we know—which is no small offering.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e—Sophie Hughes,\u003cem\u003e Music \u0026amp; Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bae Suah","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":41848174281,"sku":"","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (epub)","offer_id":31466520739955,"sku":"","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/North_Station-front-frame.jpg?v=1502731304"},{"product_id":"night-school-a-reader-for-grownups","title":"Night School: A Reader for Grownups","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eJanuary 15, 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003estories | pb | 270 pgs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e6\" x 9\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#b45f06\" style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e978-1-940953-88-5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Acerbic, playful, full of quick-witted philosophy, and unstintingly original, this is a varied and unsettling reader for our varied and unsettling times.”  \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/book-reviews\/zsofia-ban\/night-school-ban\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, starred review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"She’s like the kindest of teachers, taking your hand and showing you how ignorant you really are.\" —Melanie O'Loughlin, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.radionz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/ninetonoon\/audio\/2018687748\/book-review-night-school-a-reader-for-grown-ups\"\u003eRadio New Zealand\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ePerfect for anyone looking for a little more Nohoo (or “know-how”) in your life, Zsófia Bán’s mock-textbook, Night School: A Reader for Grownups covers all the important subjects, from self-help to geography to chemistry to French, complete with a hearty dose of irony. Bán’s “lectures” tell of the travels of young Flaubert to Egypt with his friend Maxime, and includes a missive from Laika the dog minutes before being blasted off into space, never to be seen again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA story collection masquerading as an encyclopedia of life, Night School makes our all-too-familiar world appear simultaneously foreign and untamed, and brings together lust, taboos, and the absurd in order to teach us the art of living, all in a wildly clever way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Hungarian by Jim Tucker\u003cbr\u003eAfterword by Péter Nádas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZsófia Bán grew up in Brazil and Hungary, and is the author of three works of fiction and four essay collections. Winner of numerous prizes for her writing, she is also a former writer-in-residence at the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) program, and is currently a professor of American Studies at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJim Tucker translated works from German, French, and Italian before making the acquaintance of George Konrád, for whom he has since translated some 35 essays from the Hungarian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Reading Zsófia Ban is simply good. It’s pleasurable. That’s the first thing that comes to mind when I think of her. . . . her writing can bring a smile to any reader’s face, in any language.”\u003cbr\u003e—Péter Nádas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Bán . . . marries Rabelaisian scholastic satire with a cerebral lyricism, resulting in a fanciful, if occasionally baffling, curriculum.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Zsófia Bán is both a trespasser of cultural-geographical boundaries and a builder of bridges—between continents, races, genders and languages.”\u003cbr\u003e—Eszter Ureczky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A must-read for anyone who needs a break from the grim currents of contemporary literature, yet still craves the heady thrill of a really smart book.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Mekiya Walters, \u003cem\u003eThe Arkansas International\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eZsófia Bán fashioned the curious frame of a \"night school\" to interact her readers on a long list of random subjects. . . rearranging the pieces [of cultural \u003c\/span\u003ehistory] in intriguing forms, to the delight of the already learned student.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Thomas Nolden, \u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Zsófia Bán","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":9725483155500,"sku":"","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (epub)","offer_id":31466474406003,"sku":"","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/9781940953922_FC.jpg?v=1550161180"},{"product_id":"the-incompletes","title":"The Incompletes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eSeptember 24, 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003enovel | pb | 180 pgs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" color=\"#b45f06\"\u003e978-1-\u003cspan\u003e948830\u003c\/span\u003e-03-4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Now I am going to tell the story of something that happened one night years ago, and the events of the morning and afternoon that followed.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Incompletes\u003c\/i\u003e begins with this simple promise. But to try to get at the complete meaning of the day’s events, the narrator must first take us on an international tour—from the docks of Buenos Aires, to Barcelona, until we check in at the gloomy Hotel Salgado with the narrator’s transient friend Felix in Moscow. From scraps of information left behind on postcards and hotel stationery, the narrator hopes to reconstruct Felix’s stay there. With flights of imagination, he conjures up the hotel’s labyrinthine hallways, Masha, the captive hotel manager, and the city’s public markets, filled with piles of broken televisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach character carries within them a secret that they don’t quite understand—a stash of foreign money hidden in the pages of a book, a wasteland at the edge of the city, a mysterious shaft of light in the sky. \u003ci\u003eThe Incompletes\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel disturbed by this half-knowledge, haunted by the fact that any complete version of events is always just outside our reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSergio Chejfec\u003cspan\u003e, originally from Argentina, has published numerous works of fiction, poetry, and essays. Among his grants and prizes, he has received fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in 2007 and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation in 2000. He currently teaches in the Creative Writing in Spanish Program at NYU. His novels, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Planets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (a finalist for the 2013 Best Translated Book Award in fiction), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Two Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, are also available from Open Letter in English translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeather Cleary\u003cspan\u003e’s translations include Roque Larraquy’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eComemadre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, César Rendueles’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSociophobia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Sergio Chejfec’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Planets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and a selection of Oliverio Girondo’s poetry for New Directions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Incompletes\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Sergio Chejfec’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Incompletes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a masterfully nested narrative where writing—its presence on the page, its course through time, its prismatic dispersion of meaning—is the true protagonist. Heather Cleary’s flawless translation adds yet another layer to this extraordinary palimpsest of a novel.”—Hernan Diaz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eThe Incompletes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is, simply put, his best book, a \"thriller\" in a way for him, but the thing that got me is how it's also an inside out \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.”—Javier Molea, McNally Jackson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“On first reading Chejfec, we recall many admired authors, but at a later moment—a more solid and lasting one—we realize that he resembles no one, and that he has chosen an unusual and quite distinctive path, one that reveals itself slowly because of the demanding and very personal searches the author himself carries out in his narrative.”—Enrique Vila-Matas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“It is hard to think of another contemporary writer who, marrying true intellect with simple description of a space, simultaneously covers so little and so much ground.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eJust like you must accept dream logic when you're sleeping, you must accept \u003cem\u003eThe Incompletes\u003c\/em\u003e for what it is, to allow the endless descriptions of rooms, city streets, broken televisions, the cold, peeling walls and dirty window panes, to take hold of you. In the end you'll stumble out of the book, a bit dazed, wondering what the hell you just read, but it's an enjoyable trek if you like beautiful sentences\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.”\u003c\/span\u003e—NPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eThe Incompletes\u003c\/em\u003e is a departure for the Argentine writer Sergio Chejfec. Or perhaps it’s just a variation on a favorite theme: the malleability of memory. 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She was a respected English teacher at a Tel Aviv high school, but she remained aloof and never tried to befriend her students. No one ever encountered her outside of school hours. She was a riddle, and yet the students sensed that they were all she had. When Elsa killed herself by jumping off the roof of her apartment building, she remained as unknown as she had been during her life. Thirty years later, the narrator of the novel, one of her students, decides to solve the riddle of Elsa Weiss. Expertly dovetailing explosive historical material with flights of imagination, the novel explores the impact of survivor’s guilt and traces the footprints of a Holocaust survivor who did her utmost to leave no trace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBen-Naftali’s \u003ci\u003eThe Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e takes us through a keenly crafted, fictional biography for Elsa—from childhood through adolescence, from the Holocaust to her personal aftermath—and brings us face to face with one woman’s struggle in light of one of history’s great atrocities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Hebrew by Daniella Zamir\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichal Ben-Naftali was born in Tel Aviv in 1963. 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How lucky are we to be alive! And to have Max Besora!”\u003cbr\u003e—Ryan Chapman, author of \u003ci\u003eRiots I Have Known\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoan Orpí (Piera, 1593–New Barcelona, 1645) is one of the most unknown, yet fascinating, characters in Spanish history. 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Drama, unbelievable escapades, copious footnotes, and comedy blend together seamlessly, and they make Orpí’s life one of the most remarkable in contemporary literature.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBesora delivers a delightful parody of the conquistadors’ reports of old, peppered with all manner of goofiness, from songs with lyrics such as “For we art the hardy foes \/ of abstemia \u0026amp; anemia” to a pseudo-Renaissance vocabulary that will make a language lover smile. 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Mahany \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eManuela Draeger is one of French author Antoine Volodine’s numerous heteronyms belonging to a community of imaginary authors that includes Lutz Bassmann and Elli Kronauer. Since 2002, she has regularly published novels for adolescents with \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eL’école des loisirs\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cem\u003e Eleven Sooty Dreams \u003c\/em\u003eis her second book to be translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e J. T. Mahany is a graduate of the MA program in Literary Translation Studies at the University of Rochester and received his MFA from the University of Arkansas. 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The cold slows everything down. Bodies are red and raw, the fish turn venomous, beyond the beach guns point out from the North’s watchtowers. A young French Korean woman works as a receptionist in a tired guesthouse. One evening, an unexpected guest arrives: a French cartoonist determined to find inspiration in this desolate landscape. The two form an uneasy relationship. When she agrees to accompany him on trips to discover an \"authentic\" Korea, they visit snowy mountaintops and dramatic waterfalls, and cross into North Korea. But he takes no interest in the Sokcho she knows—the gaudy neon lights, the scars of war, the fish market where her mother works. As she’s pulled into his vision and taken in by his drawings, she strikes upon a way to finally be seen. An exquisitely-crafted debut, which won the Prix Robert Walser, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinter in Sokcho\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a novel about shared identities and divided selves, vision and blindness, intimacy and alienation. Elisa Shua Dusapin’s voice is distinctive and unmistakable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eElisa Shua Dusapin\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e was born in France in 1992 and raised in Paris, Seoul, and Switzerland. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWinter in Sokcho\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is her first novel. Published in 2016 to wide acclaim, it was awarded the Prix Robert Walser and the Prix Régine Desforges and has been translated into six languages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator: \u003c\/strong\u003eAneesa Abbas Higgins\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e has translated books by Elisa Shua Dusapin, Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Ali Zamir, and Nina Bouraoui. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeven Stones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e by Vénus Khoury-Ghata was short-listed for the Scott-Moncrieff Translation Prize, and both \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Girl Called Eel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e by Ali Zamir and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Became of the White Savage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e by François Garde won PEN Translates awards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eWinter in Sokcho\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Mysterious, beguiling, and glowing with tender intelligence, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWinter in Sokcho\u003c\/i\u003e is a master class in tension and atmospherics, a study of the delicate, murky filaments of emotion that compose a life. Dusapin has a rare and ferocious gift for pinning the quick, slippery, liveness of feeling to the page: her talent is a thrill to behold.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Alexandra Kleeman, author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou Too Can Have a Body Like Mine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“A vivid, tactile, often claustrophobic, and gorgeously written novel. An absolute joy from beginning to end.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLara Williams, author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSupper Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“I haven’t encountered a voice like this since Duras—spellbinding.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eELLE\u003c\/i\u003e (France)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“A masterful short novel.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Oiled with a brooding tension that never dissipates or resolves, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWinter in Sokcho\u003c\/i\u003e is a noirish cold sweat of a book.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eTop 10 Best New Books in Translation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Dusapin’s precise sentences, expertly translated by Higgins, elicit cinematic images and strong emotions. This poignant, fully realized debut shouldn’t be missed.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA pleasure to read. The descriptions of daily life in the titular town are beautiful, elliptical, and fascinating, from the fish markets near the beach to soju-drenched dinners in local bistros to a surreal glimpse of a museum on the DMZ. . . . A triumph.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Enigmatic, beguiling . . . This finely crafted debut explores topics of identity and heredity in compelling fashion. In its aimless, outsider protagonist there are echoes of Sayaka Murata’s \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConvenience Store Woman.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Dazzling.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e Top Five Debuts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Beautifully translated from the French by Aneesa Abbas Higgins, comes together slowly, like a Polaroid photo, its effects both intimate and foreign.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“A masterpiece.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Elisa Shua Dusapin’s first-person narrative is formed of crystalline sentences that favor lucid imagery to describe themes of loneliness, familial obligation, identity, societal pressures and sexuality.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtReview Asia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The bustling seaside resort of Sokcho in South Korea is the perfect backdrop for this quietly haunting debut.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“(A) haunting portrait of an out-of-season tourist town on the border between North and South Korea . . . The story that unfolds is chilling.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMonocle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Narrated in an elegant, enigmatic voice that skillfully summons the tenderness and mutability of an inner life, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWinter in Sokcho\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical and atmospheric work of art.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Sharlene Teo, author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePonti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Atmospheric, exquisitely written and highly charged.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOlivia Sudjic, author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSympathy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Unassuming yet richly rewarding, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinter in Sokcho\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the debut novel from Elisa Shua Dusapin. the young French writer's work is so beautifully adorned with atmospherics, that the sights, smells, sounds, and storms are quite nearly palpable. A wistfulness hangs like a low fog, enveloping Dusapin's story in a melancholia that, at once, invites and obscures. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinter in Sokcho\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e elicits a certain moodiness or anticipatory longing, reminiscent of the feeling one might have had after watching Sofia Coppola's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for the first time. 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She confronts her trauma by trying to volunteer at the orphanage, and to adopt a young girl—a choice that is frustrated over and over by bureaucracy and the pervasive stigma against gay women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn addition to Leah’s narrative, the novel contains nine other standalone character studies of other frequently ignored voices. These sections are each meant to be read in approximately four minutes, a nod to a social experiment that put forth the hypothesis that it only takes four minutes of looking someone in the eye and listening to them in order to accept and empathize with them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA meticulously crafted social novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFour Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e takes a difficult, uncompromising look at modern life in Eastern Europe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Bulgarian by \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIzidora Angel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNataliya Deleva is a Bulgarian-born writer living in London. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFour Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is her debut novel. Originally published in Bulgaria (Janet 45, 2017), the book was awarded Best Debut Novel and was shortlisted for Novel of the Year (2018), and has since been translated into several languages, including German (eta Verlag, 2018) and Polish (Wydawnictwo EZOP, 2021). Nataliya’s short fiction, critique, and essays appeared in Words Without Borders, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmpty Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulgaria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, among others. Her second novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArrival\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—an English-language original—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis forthcoming from The Indigo Press in 2022.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIzidora Angel\u003cspan\u003e is a Bulgarian-born writer, translator, and creative director living in Chicago. She has published essays, critique, and translations for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishing Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEuropeNow Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDrunken Boat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Anomaly), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanitza\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEgoist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and others. She is a founding member of the Third Coast Translators Collective. Her debut translation of Hristo Karastoyanov’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Same Night Awaits Us All\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Open Letter, 2018), received an English PEN grant, an ART OMI fellowship, and was shortlisted for Peroto Literary Awards in 2018.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b76003;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Nataliya Deleva:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A beautiful, intricately woven, and exciting book.”\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWioletta Greg, author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSwallowing Mercury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFour Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a novel about people on the margins of society. Different storylines interlace in order to tell one story: about the invisibility. This is a book that grabs you by the throat, a poignant novel.”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Georgi Gospodinov, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Physics of Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Few are capable of reproducing, without even a slight trace of pretension, the lives of those who have lived in care homes for abandoned children, especially during the post-communist transition period, and their subsequent fates. In fact, generally speaking, each of us is an abandoned child, however those who the author depicts, really are invisible on the social map. Nataliya Deleva removes from their faces all the clichés that we’re so used to trashing at them. A difficult, poignant, important, really important book.”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Marin Bodakov, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eCulture Newspaper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFour Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Nataliya Deleva is [. . .] a powerful, captivating, fascinating book! A reader would never be the same, after allowing the narrative to pass through them.”\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Bella Cholakova, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eAzCheta.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nataliya Deleva","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":39573832302773,"sku":null,"price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (epub)","offer_id":39573832335541,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/9781948830379_FC.jpg?v=1623849636"},{"product_id":"ganbare-workshops-on-dying","title":"Ganbare! 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But the fallout—the aftershocks, the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the country-wide devastation—from this catastrophic event and the trauma experienced by those who survived it is ongoing, if not permanent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGanbare! Workshops on Dying\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Polish writer and reporter Katarzyna Boni takes us on a journey through the experience of death and how the living—those of us left behind—learn to grieve. 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Whatever their methods, whatever their mechanisms, whatever their degree of success, the survivors Boni gives voice to in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGanbare!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e provide an intimate, soul-aching, and above all human look at how people come to deal with loss, trauma, and death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color: #444444;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eTranslated from the \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolish\u003c\/span\u003e by \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMark Ordon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKatarzyna Boni graduated in cultural studies at the University of Warsaw and in social psychology at the SWPS University, as well as from the Polska Szkoła Reportażu (Polish School of Reportage). 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His work has appeared in the English edition of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrzekrój\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Thornfield Review\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as academic publications commissioned by the Polish Academy of Sciences. 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His search leads him from a successful apprenticeship, to factory work in Barcelona, and finally to a band of thieves that seeks to get rich by any means necessary. Nonat’s central story frames a series of stories, a kaleidoscopic effect within a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne Thousand and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e narrative: fictional tropes of orphans, spinsters, maids seduced by masters, crooks, go-getting provincials combined with realist depictions of factory workers, haberdashers, street-porters, corrupt politicians, and Belle Époque high society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalà relishes describing the male proletarian ambience of small factories and capturing the fraught atmosphere, carnival of disguises, and class tensions on the city’s streets, in its households, Liceu opera house, and theaters. 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His translations include Juan Goytisolo's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNíjar Country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, Teresa Solana's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA Shortcut to Paradise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, Alain Badiou's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn Praise of Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, Josep Pla's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Gray Notebook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, and several collections by Quim Monzó, among many others.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Victor Català:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The novel's folk tales, with their scent of cruelty, linger in the mind, as do the icy, unforgiving vistas below . . . 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Agirre has given us a deeply unsettling exploration of what a mother or a woman can or cannot, should or should not do — a topic both timeless and all too timely.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Catherine Lacey, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mother kills her twins. Another woman, the narrator of this story, is about to give birth. She is a writer, and she realizes that she knows the woman who committed the infanticide. An obsession is born. She takes an extended leave, not for child-rearing, but to write. To research and write about the hidden truth behind the crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMothers don't write. Mothers give life. How could a woman be capable of neglecting her children? How could she kill them? Is motherhood a prison? Complete with elements of a traditional thriller, this a groundbreaking novel in which the chronicle and the essay converge. Katixa Agirre reflects on the relationship between motherhood and creativity, in dialogue with writers such as Sylvia Plath and Doris Lessing.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMothers Don't\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eplumbs the depths of childhood and the lack of protection children face before the law. The result is a disturbing, original novel in which the author does not offer answers, but plants contradictions and discoveries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eKatie Whittemore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatixa Agirre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Vitoria, 1981) has a PhD in Audiovisual Communication and lectures at Universidad del País Vasco. She previously published the short story collections\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSua falta zaigu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHabitat,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand is the author of numerous children's books:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaularen seigarren atzamarra,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEz naiz sirena bat, eta zer?\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatzikuren problemak.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShe was also a columnist for Diario de Noticias de Álava, Deia, Aizu! and Argia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatie Whittemore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is graduate of the University of NH (BA), Cambridge University (M.Phil), and Middlebury College (MA), and was a 2018 Bread Loaf Translators Conference participant. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo Lines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Arkansas International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Common Online\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGulf Coast Magazine Online\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInTranslation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Current projects include novels by Spanish authors Sara Mesa, Javier Serena, Aliocha Coll, Aroa Moreno Durán, Nuria Labari, Katixa Agirre, and Juan Gómez Bárcena.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e•\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katixa Agirre","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":43106135605484,"sku":"","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook","offer_id":43106135638252,"sku":"","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/mothers_dont_approved_cover_new.jpg?v=1638810625"},{"product_id":"black-village","title":"Black Village","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eMarch 15, 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003enovel | pb | 204 pgs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e978-1-948830-43-0\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[Black Village] is as perplexing as it is engaging.\" —\u003cem\u003ePiublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction by Brian W. Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTassili, Goodmann, and Myriam. Two men and a woman dressed in rags--former poets, and former members of a dystopian military service--walk the bardo, the dark afterlife between death and rebirth. The road is monotonous and seemingly endless. To pass the time, they decide to tell each other stories: bizarre anecdotes set in a post-apocalyptic world, replete with mutant creatures, Buddhist monks, and ruthless killers. The result is a mysterious, dreamlike series of events, trapped outside of time as we know it, where all the rules of narrative are upended and remade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLutz Bassmann is one of the heteronyms of French author Antoine Volodine.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Village\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egives readers of science fiction and experimental literature another exciting look into \"post-exoticism,\" one of the most ambitious and original projects in contemporary literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the French by Jeffrey Zuckerman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLutz Bassmann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of French author Antoine Volodine's numerous heteronyms belonging to a community of imaginary authors that includes Manuela Draeger and Elli Kronauer. Since 2008, Bassmann has authored five books, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Monks \u0026amp; Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (University of Nebraska). This is his second book to be translated into English.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey Zuckerman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis a translator of French and the Digital Coordinator at \u003ci\u003eMusic \u0026amp; Literature Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e His translations include Ananda Devi's \u003ci\u003eEve Out of Her Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRadiant Terminus\u003c\/i\u003e by Antoine Volodine, and Jean Genet's \u003ci\u003eThe Criminal Child\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also contributed shorter pieces to \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe NYRDaily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVICE\u003c\/i\u003e. Jeffrey studied English literature and literary translation at Yale University, and has served as a judge for the PEN Translation Prize and the National Translation Award. He is a recipient of a PEN\/Heim Translation Fund grant for his ongoing work on the complete stories of Hervé Guibert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lutz Bassmann","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":42135005102316,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook","offer_id":42135005135084,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/products\/d35e4ec2c807ce0c974372d0f8241641-w204_1x_5edafcc8-4119-4235-9696-3eb1e516c3ac.jpg?v=1638601148"},{"product_id":"the-pachinko-parlor","title":"The Pachinko Parlor","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeptember 27, 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003enovel | pb | 124 pgs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5.0\" x 8.0\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#b45f06\" style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e978-1-948830-61-4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/tip-sheet\/article\/79827-pw-picks-books-of-the-week-april-22-2019.html\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/tip-sheet\/article\/79827-pw-picks-books-of-the-week-april-22-2019.html\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eWinter in Sokcho, \u003c\/i\u003eWinner of the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe days are beginning to draw in. The sky is dark by seven in the evening. I lie on the floor and gaze out of the window. Women’s calves, men’s shoes, heels trodden down by the weight of bodies borne for too long.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is summer in Tokyo. Claire finds herself dividing her time between tutoring twelve-year-old Mieko, in an apartment in an abandoned hotel, and lying on the floor at her grandparents’: daydreaming, playing Tetris, and listening to the sounds from the street above. The heat rises; the days slip by.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe plan is for Claire to visit Korea with her grandparents. They fled the civil war there over fifty years ago, along with thousands of others, and haven’t been back since. When they first arrived in Japan, they opened Shiny, a pachinko parlor. Shiny is still open, drawing people in with its bright, flashing lights and promises of good fortune. And as Mieko and Claire gradually bond, a tender relationship growing, Mieko’s determination to visit the pachinko parlor builds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pachinko Parlor \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a nuanced and beguiling exploration of identity and otherness, unspoken histories, and the loneliness you can feel among family. Crisp and enigmatic, Shua Dusapin’s writing glows with intelligence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTranslated from the French by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAneesa Abbas Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElisa Shua Dusapin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1992) was born in France and raised in Paris, Seoul, and Switzerland. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eWinter in Sokcho\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded the Prix Robert Walser, the Prix Régine Desforges, and the 2021 National Book Award for Translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAneesa Abbas Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e has translated books by Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Ali Zamir, and Nina Bouraoui. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeven Stones\u003c\/i\u003e by Vénus Khoury-Ghata won the Scott Moncrieff Prize, and both \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Girl Called Eel\u003c\/i\u003e by Ali Zamir and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Became of the White Savage\u003c\/i\u003e by François Garde won PEN Translates awards. 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When he receives one last mission, to hunt down a renegade Indian who’s called the Father and who preaches a dangerous heresy, he understands that this may be his last chance to carve himself the future he’s always dreamed of. But as he goes deep into the unexplored lands of the north following the Father's trace, he will discover the footprints of a man who seems not only a man, but a prophet destined to transform his time and even the times to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNot Even the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the story of a persecution that transcends territories and centuries; a path pointing northward, always northward, that is to say, always toward the future, on a hallucinated journey from the sixteenth century New Spain to today's Trump wall. Old conquerors on horseback and migrants riding the roofs of the Beast, rebellious Indians and peasants waiting patiently for a better world, Mexican revolutionaries who take their rifles and women murdered in the desert of Ciudad Juárez, all pass by it. All of them share the same landscape and the same hope, the arrival of the Father who will bring justice to the oppressed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Katie Whittemore\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuan Goméz\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBarcenà \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1984) has degrees in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, History, and Philosophy. He is the prize-winning author of four novels and one collection of short fiction. Awards for his work include the City of Barcelona Prize, the Spanish National Radio Ojo Crítico Prize, and the Vanity Fair Prize for Best Novel of the Year. His work has been translated in eight languages and he has been recognized as one of the most outstanding authors of new Spanish prose. He lives in Madrid.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatie Whittemore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etranslates from the Spanish. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTwo Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Arkansas International\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Common Online\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast Magazine Online\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInTranslation\u003c\/i\u003e. Current projects include novels by Spanish authors Sara Mesa, Javier Serena, Aliocha Coll, and Aroa Moreno Durán. She lives in Valencia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e•\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Juan Goméz Bárcena: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Juan Gómez Bárcena","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":43375428665580,"sku":"","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook","offer_id":43372410962156,"sku":"","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/files\/9781948830676_FC_2.jpg?v=1683731848"},{"product_id":"vladivostok-circus","title":"Vladivostok Circus","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMay 14, 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003enovel | pb | 226 pgs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5.0\" x 8.0\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#b45f06\" style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e978-1-960385-12-3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/tip-sheet\/article\/79827-pw-picks-books-of-the-week-april-22-2019.html\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/tip-sheet\/article\/79827-pw-picks-books-of-the-week-april-22-2019.html\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eWinter in Sokcho, \u003c\/i\u003eWinner of the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTonight is the opening night. There are birds perched everywhere, on the power lines, the guy ropes, the strings of light that festoon the tent . . . when I think of all those little bodies suspended between earth and sky, it makes me smile to remind myself that for some of them, their first flight begins with a fall. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNathalie arrives at the circus in Vladivostok, Russia, fresh out of fashion school in Geneva. She is there to design the costumes for a trio of artists who are due to perform one of the most dangerous acts of all: the Russian Bar. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs winter approaches, the season at Vladivostok is winding down, leaving the windy port city empty as the performers rush off to catch trains, boats and buses home; all except the Russian bar trio and their manager. They are scheduled to perform at a festival in Ulan Ude, just before Christmas. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat ensues is an intimate and beguiling account of four people learning to work with and trust one another. This is a book about the delicate balance that must be achieved when flirting with death in such spectacular fashion, set against the backdrop of a cloudy ocean and immersing the reader into Dusapin’s trademark dreamlike prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTranslated from the French by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAneesa Abbas Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElisa Shua Dusapin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1992) was born in France and raised in Paris, Seoul, and Switzerland. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eWinter in Sokcho\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded the Prix Robert Walser, the Prix Régine Desforges, and the 2021 National Book Award for Translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAneesa Abbas Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e has translated books by Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Ali Zamir, and Nina Bouraoui. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeven Stones\u003c\/i\u003e by Vénus Khoury-Ghata won the Scott Moncrieff Prize, and both \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Girl Called Eel\u003c\/i\u003e by Ali Zamir and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Became of the White Savage\u003c\/i\u003e by François Garde won PEN Translates awards. Her translation of Elisa Shua Dusapin’s \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWinter in Sokcho \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2021 National Book Award for Translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Elisa Shua Dusapin:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A book full of delicacy and melancholy . . . sprinkled with meticulous touches.\"–\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A masterpiece.\"—\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A vivid, tactile, often claustrophobic, and gorgeously written novel. An absolute joy from beginning to end.\"—\u003cstrong\u003eLara Williams, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSupper Club\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Narrated in an elegant, enigmatic voice that skilfully summons the tenderness and mutability of an inner life, \u003ci\u003eWinter in Sokcho \u003c\/i\u003eis a lyrical and atmospheric work of art.\"—\u003cstrong\u003eSharlene Teo, author of \u003ci\u003ePonti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eMysterious, beguiling, and glowing with tender intelligence, \u003ci\u003eWinter in Sokcho i\u003c\/i\u003es a master class in tension and atmospherics, a study of the delicate, murky filaments of emotion that compose a life. Dusapin has a rare and ferocious gift for pinning the quick, slippery, liveness of feeling to the page: her talent is a thrill to behold.\"—\u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra Kleeman, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Too Can Have a Body Like Mine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elisa Shua Dusapin","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":43939836395756,"sku":null,"price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (epub)","offer_id":44363260952812,"sku":"","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/files\/9781914198311.jpg?v=1693331209"},{"product_id":"of-beasts-and-fowls","title":"Of Beasts and Fowls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eNovember 5, 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003enovel | pb | 220 pgs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" color=\"#b45f06\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e978-1-960385-17-8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/tip-sheet\/article\/79827-pw-picks-books-of-the-week-april-22-2019.html\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/tip-sheet\/article\/79827-pw-picks-books-of-the-week-april-22-2019.html\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of Spain’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePremio Nacional\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e de Narrativa in 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A funerary poem about a bird flying underground; a psychodrama of two sisters drowning in the mirror of memory; a center of a necrophilic labyrinth; Virginia Woolf’s Rhoda lost in John Hawkes’s \u003ci\u003eTravesty\u003c\/i\u003e. Pilar Adon’s novel is the most haunting I have read in years.”—Mircea Cărtărescu, winner of the Dublin Literary Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Default\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"A3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSummer is ending and Coro, an artist frightened of what her paintings of her dead sister may represent, gets in her car one night and starts to drive, with no plan or destination. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter a wrong turn down a narrow dirt road, s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"A3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe runs out of gas outside the gates of a large and isolated house called Bethany, a place inhabited exclusively by a small group of women who seem to exist in a closed, hierarchical system a world apart. The women of Bethany live closely with the natural and animal world, celebrate rites and rituals, and, like devotees of an ancestral cult, all dress the same. Most unsettlingly, they seem to know who Coro is already. In fact, they have been expecting her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Pa1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"A3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow the women came to live in Bethany, why they believe Coro is destined to be there, and most pressing, why won’t they let her leave are questions Coro must face as she struggles between the instinct to escape and the sense that something larger is at work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Bethany’s careful balance is disturbed—with violent consequences—by the appearance of a mysterious man who claims the house and land are his, Coro will find herself forced to meet her own ghosts, reckon with her choices, and accept that Bethany might just be where she belongs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of Spain’s Premio Nacional de Narrativa in 2023, \u003ci\u003eOf Beasts and Fowls \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces a grand talent new to English audiences in a haunting novel rife with natural descriptions, signs and symbols, and a sense of the uncanny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eKatie Whittemore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePilar Adón\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was born in Madrid in 1971 and is the author of four novels, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mayflies\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(forthcoming from Open Letter), several short story collection, and four volumes of poetry. She received the Ojo Critico Prize for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eViajes inocentes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and won the Premio Francisco Umbral al Libro del Año, Premio Cálamo, and the Premio de la Critica for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOf Beasts and Fowls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"e2ma-style\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKatie Whittemore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e translates from the Spanish. Full-length translations include works by Sara Mesa, Javier Serena, Aroa Moreno Durán, Lara Moreno, Nuria Labari, and Katixa Agirre. Forthcoming translations include novels by Jon Bilbao, Juan Gómez Bárcena, Almudena Sánchez, Aliocha Coll, and Pilar Adón. She received an NEA Translation Fellowship in 2022 to translate Moreno's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn Case We Lose Power\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, and was a finalist for the Spain-USA Prize for her translation of Katixa Agirre's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMothers Don't.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b76003;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b76003;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eOf Beasts and Fowls\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Pilar Adón's writing … [is] literature in its purest form, and the novel \u003cem\u003eOf Beasts and Fowls\u003c\/em\u003e only confirms it.”—José María Pozuelo Yvancos, \u003cem\u003eABC Cultural\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A novel like \u003cem\u003eOf Beasts and Fowls\u003c\/em\u003e is a book that everyone who loves literature should read.”—Carlos Pardo, \u003cem\u003eBabelia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Fascination and unease are the feelings that dominate the reader of this splendid novel in which the writer plunges us back into her particular universe.”—Juan Marqués, \u003cem\u003eReading\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Those who approach Pilar Adón's writing for the first time will find themselves immersed in a mysterious and suffocating reality. 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He chose the path of revolutionizing the word, with books that were excessively avant-garde for the ordinary reader, and represented a break away from commonplace language.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Carmen Balcells\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"My life will not make any sense when Attila is finished,\" declared Aliocha Coll about his mesmerizing final novel. In this groundbreaking \"untranslatable\" work, he channels Joycean experimentalism to explore the fragility of empires, the future of the city, and the weight of legacy. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAttila the Hun, reimagined as a visionary leader, contemplates the fate of his people at the gates of Rome. His son, Quijote, is caught between empires and ideals, forced to choose between his father's vision of a Hunnic utopia and the decaying allure of Roman civilization. As Rome burns, Quijote journeys through both real and surreal landscapes, encountering psychedelic visions, mystical revelations, and existential dilemmas. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuijote's journey blurs the lines between past and future, uniting Biblical, Classical, and Buddhist traditions while moving between planes of existence.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAttila\u003c\/i\u003e is an intricate and elusive masterpiece from the explosive and disorienting imagination of Aliocha Coll, where characters from myth and history intermingle in a stunning labyrinth of allegory and metaphor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by \u003cspan\u003eKatie Whittemore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThe pseudonym of Javier Coll Mata (Madrid, May 6, 1948–Paris, November 15, 1990), \u003cb\u003eAliocha Coll \u003c\/b\u003ewas a Spanish writer and translator raised in Barcelona who spent several years of his adult life in Paris, where he committed suicide after completing Attila. He is the subject of \"Everything Bad Comes Back\" by Javier Marías, and believed in Finnegans Wake as the \"starting point\" for contemporary literature. In addition to Attila, he wrote a couple novels, a play, and several essays, but the majority his work was either published posthumously or remains unpublished, despite Spanish super agent Carmen Balcells backing him throughout her life as the future of Spanish literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatie Whittemore \u003c\/b\u003etranslates from the Spanish. Her translations include novels by Sara Mesa, Javier Serena, Aroa Moreno Durán, Lara Moreno, Nuria Labari, Katixa Agirre, Jon Bilbao, Juan Gómez Bárcena, Almudena Sánchez, Aliocha Coll, and Pilar Adón. 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There’s Johnny (an Aries) who turns into a vampire at a showing of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/i\u003e, there’s Meritxell (a Leo) who falls in love with a giant mutant hamster-philosopher, Josep (Cancer) who is also known as the “King Kong of the Bronx,” and Amanda aka Maryjane (Scorpio) who has had it with the abuse she’s suffered at the hands of the . . . author, Max Besora (Aquarius), and who is ready to take whatever action necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWildly inventive, with each character’s vignette more hilarious and explosive than the last,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fake Muse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eweaves these stories together into a thrilling cinema-like production à la Sonic Youth meets Quentin Tarantino, raising questions about power structures, victimization, and the role of the author in bringing it all to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Catalan by Mara Faye Lethem\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tabpanel pb-0 pt-0\" role=\"tabpanel\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"tabpanel\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"MeetTheAuthor\" data-mce-tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expandable-section col-lg-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text--medium summarized\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tabpanel pb-0 pt-0 focus\" role=\"tabpanel\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"tabpanel\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"MeetTheAuthor\" data-mce-tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expandable-section col-lg-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text--medium\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Besora\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has written five novels: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolcano\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2011, rewritten and republished 2021), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Marvelous Technique\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2014), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Adventures and Misadventures of the Extraordinary and Admirable Joan Orpi, Conquistador and Founder of New Catalonia\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2017), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fake Muse\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2020), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHis Master's Voice\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2022) and one fictional essay on urban music, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrapology\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2018).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eMara Faye Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has translated novels by Jaume Cabré, David Trueba, Albert Sánchez Piñol, Javier Calvo, Patricio Pron, Marc Pastor and Toni Sala, among others, and shorter fiction by such authors as Juan Marsé, Rodrigo Fresán, Pola Oloixarac, Teresa Colom and Alba Dedeu. Her translation of The Whispering City, by Sara Moliner, recently received an English PEN Award and two of her translations were nominated for the 2016 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. 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She is the author of \u003ci\u003eVertical Motion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrontier\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBarefoot Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFive Spice Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, among other books.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translators:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Gernant\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a professor emerita of Chinese history \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eat Southern Oregon University. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eChen Zeping\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ewas professor emeritus of Chinese linguistics and a specialist in the Fuzhou Dialect, at Fujian Normal University. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Can Xue:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“There’s a new world master among us and her name is Can Xue.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Coover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“If China has one possibility of a Nobel laureate it is Can Xue.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Sontag\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“There’s something inescapably cosmic about [Can Xue’s] writing: the grandness of her vision, the abstraction of her thought, the way the details of lived reality seem to shrink and assume an equal significance, as though one were orbiting a distant star and peering down.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBailey Trela, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Can Xue is a master at twisting philosophical ideas into realities that seem simple but are incredibly thoughtful and intricate.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Park, \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Can Xue","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":45582621737196,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"epub","offer_id":46418829279468,"sku":null,"price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/files\/9781960385314_FC_1.jpg?v=1723051750"},{"product_id":"vz-volodymyr-zelenskyy-and-the-making-of-a-nation","title":"VZ: Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Making of a Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eJune 10, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003enovel | pb | 498 pgs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e6\" x 9\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b56006;\"\u003e978-1-960385-39-0\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow does a comedian become the face of a nation's fight for survival?\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eVZ: Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Making of a Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, celebrated Russian author Dmitry Bykov unpacks the extraordinary rise of Vladimir Zelenskyy—from a TV star to a wartime leader defying a global superpower. 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He has won \"The Big Book\" three times and Brothers Strugatsky Prize four times. He participated in the Russian oppositional movement and was a member of the Oppositional Coordination Council, was poisoned in 2019, but survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Freedman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an American writer and translator who has translated 150 plays and edited the award-winning anthology \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Dictionary of Emotions in a Time of War: 20 Short Works by Ukrainian Playwrights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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She designed a city to resemble the galaxy, and to house 50,000 people from around the world who, through a series of utopic ideals—transforming the desert into self-sustaining farmland, eliminating the need for money, removing religious con\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003efl\u003c\/span\u003eicts, among others—would transform the world into a more just place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDespite the death of the Mother, contentious in\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003efi\u003c\/span\u003eghting, and the Indian government taking control of the city, Auroville has survived, and still attracts thousands of visitors every year. And in 2018, one of those visitors was Katarzyna Boni, a renowned Polish reportage writer, who wanted to try and understand what Auroville really means—as a city, as a community, as a beacon of hope for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBoni merges the o\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003effi\u003c\/span\u003ecial history of Auroville with her experiences with the people she meets while living in this unique city, from Daniel who owns a local bakery, to Auroson, the reincarnation of the \u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003efi\u003c\/span\u003erst child born in Auroville. A fascinating work that is never judgmental, \u003ci\u003eAuroville: A City of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the successes and failures of this unique attempt at utopia, and the bene\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003efi\u003c\/span\u003ets such ambitious dreams can have regardless of outcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Polish by Mark Ordon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #444444;\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatarzyna Boni\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an award-winning Polish journalist, writer, and documentarian who specializes in long-form journalism, Polish reportage, and nonfiction, often focusing on themes of community, spirituality, and resilience. Boni has reported from across the globe, with a particular interest in Asia, where she has spent extensive time researching and writing. Her acclaimed debut, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGanbare! Workshops on Dying\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003edelved into post-tsunami Japan and the cultural narratives surrounding grief and recovery. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAuroville\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, she turns her lens to the utopian experiment in southern India, capturing its complexities with her signature blend of curiosity and insight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Ordon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a writer and translator based in Poznań, Poland. 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A country that, despite Hiroshima (a great scene in which the author tastes sake with the victims of an atomic bomb), has convinced itself that nuclear energy is the safest in the world, and has now become a victim of its own pride. A nation that made the recipes for natural disasters into the heart of its own culture, and then, in the race for modernity, forgot what helped it survive on constantly trembling islands. But \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGanbare!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\"we can do it!\") is not just a book about Japan. It is also a fascinating journey deep into the experience of death.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBooks. Magazine for Reading\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Katarzyna Boni is a master at using form. 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Spanning the author's journey from childhood in communist Bulgaria to her adult years in post-communist Europe, this thought-provoking work weaves together themes of time, death, identity, and language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBardarska's unique voice combines humor, existentialist reflection, and sharp cultural critique to navigate the complexities of personal history and societal change. 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