{"product_id":"water-notebooks","title":"Water Notebooks","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003eJuly 20, 2027\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b45f06;\"\u003enovel | pb | 204 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\"\u003e978-1-960385-70-3\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\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eOne of Portugal’s first “cli-fi” novels, \u003cem\u003eWater Notebooks\u003c\/em\u003e takes place in the near future, when the Southern Water Wars, and the the First and Second Event, have forced refugees from the south of Europe to seek assistance in the Nordic countries. Housed in a nondescript “welcome center,” these refugees are kept in the dark about not just their situation, but what’s going on in the world at large, and in the case of the novel’s primary narrator, Sara, where her husband might be.\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eAs she takes care of her daughter and navigates the various cliques and plays for powers that develop among the refugees, Sara fills page after page of her notebooks, writing to her husband, unaware of where he is or what he’s going through. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"\u003eThis dystopic and propulsive novel reaffirms João Reis’s place as one of Portugal’s most inventive writers, working in the tradition of José Saramago, Fernando Pessoa, and António Lobo Antunes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Portuguese by Adrian Minckley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e • \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJoão Reis\u003c\/b\u003e is a Portuguese writer and literary translator. He writes in both Portuguese and English. \u003ci\u003eWater Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e—shortlisted for the Prémio Fernando Namora and Prémio Fundação Eça de Queiroz—is his fifth book to appear in English, alongside \u003ci\u003eThe Translator's Bride \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Devastation of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e (both available from Open Letter Books), \u003ci\u003eBedraggling Grandma with Russian Snow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAn Atavic Fear of Hailstorms\u003c\/i\u003e. He also also translated more the 120 books from Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic and English into Portuguese, and has translated more than 120 books so far.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAdrian Minckley\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator from Portuguese. Her work has been published by Open Letter Books, Sublunary Editions, Two Lines Press, and Words Without Borders, among others. She lives and works in New Mexico.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cb\u003eJoão Reis:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Translator's Bride\u003c\/i\u003e is a neurotic little gem: fast, fun, frenzied, and feisty.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jeremy Garber, Powell's Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\"João Reis . . . is a great connoisseur of literary comedy, in a subtle way in which everything is so natural, but simultaneously rude, with the cruel ways in which various characters are depicted, thus creating a blackly comic web that weaves together the world of the book.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Nelson Zagalo, \u003ci\u003eVirtual Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\"João Reis’ great success in The Translator’s Bride is to convince his audience that they are reading a work written at modernism’s mid-twentieth-century zenith . . . pulling us out of our own times and holding us in the era of \u003cem\u003eUlysses\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003e—West Camel\u003ci\u003e, European Literature Network\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"João Reis","offers":[{"title":"pb","offer_id":68069631361260,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook","offer_id":68069631394028,"sku":null,"price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/5792\/files\/9781960385703_FC.jpg?v=1793828169","url":"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/products\/water-notebooks","provider":"Open Letter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}