{"title":"Europe","description":"Browse books by authors from Europe.","products":[{"product_id":"honey-i-killed-the-cats","title":"Honey, I Killed the Cats","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/deepvellum.org\/authors\/dorota-maslowska\/\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eDorota Masłowska\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Benjamin Paloff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAn incomparably hilarious satire of modern consumer culture, with everything from personality to religion commodified, like Virginie Despentes meets \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBlade Runner.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSeptember 10, 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e9781941920824\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eeBook: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e9781941920848\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFrom bestselling, internationally acclaimed author Dorota Masłowska comes a hilarious and devastating satire of consumer culture. Set in a bizarro, all-too-real imaginarium of American pop culture, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHoney, I Killed the Cats\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e introduces us to two independent young women struggling to live the lives that television and glossy magazines have promised them. In a collision of street slang and mass-media sloganeering, Masłowska’s electrifying prose drives a propulsive story about spiritual longing in a dispirited world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMasłowska’s novel examines the ways we attempt to exist and find meaning in lives defined by what we buy. In this warped world saturated by advertising and materialism, where everything can be bought, from personality and physical traits to religion and self-fulfillment, Joanne and Farah, two very different women form a friendship both bonded in and ultimately destroyed by the manipulations of consumer culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eJoanne has everything the commercials say you should want—confidence, a carefree life, happiness to excess. Farah is a self-loathing, envious, germophobic malcontent. Through a shared metaphysical dream experience that spills over into their increasingly troubled day-to-day lives, these best friends find themselves consumed by their equal-and-opposite obsessions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWidely regarded as Polish literary sensation Masłowska’s best novel yet, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHoney, I Killed the Cats\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is a powerfully emotional, hilariously grotesque satire of Western consumer culture and the trends that go along with it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Masłowska here describes a terrifying funhouse abounding with toxic friendships, ominous takes on consumerism, and grotesque moments of violence and general discomfort…The tone is broadly satirical throughout, but it’s the variety with fangs — sometimes literally.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Tobias Carroll, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMystery Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Dorota Masłowska is a mistress of the startling metaphor and her heroine is certainly not the stuff of chick lit.  She appears in dreams (her own and those of her friends and neighbours) pyjama bottoms dripping with blood – yes honey, she has killed the cats. And she hardly need a hero to come and save her from drowning, does she? If this gloriously strange book sounds like your sort of thing, give Benjamin Paloff’s translation a go…” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kate Sotejeff-Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Dorota Masłowska’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHoney, I Killed the Cats\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e doesn’t read like a novel, but rather a sequence of tabs on an internet browser, each one a minor digression into a deeper chaos. Written in 2012 by one of Poland’s leading young authors, Benjamin Paloff’s lively translation is distinctly 2019, as if constructed solely from a digital-era dictionary.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Matt Janney, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Calvert Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Paloff is able to preserve Maslowska’s energy and surprising wordplay in this translation, and the prose brings life to the setting in a way that energizes the story…” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ambrose Mary Gallagher, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichigan Quarterly Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Masłowska’s latest is a sucrose-loaded simulacrum for the American monoculture, recklessly scrambling barbed sarcasm with irreverent sight gags to stupendous effect. A knives-out dissection of aesthetic vulgarity that refuses to be calmed, corralled, or otherwise contained. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHoney, I Killed the Cats\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is delightfully demented fun.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Justin Walls, Powell’s Books at Cedar Hill Crossing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“A wild, technicolor send up of culture and consumerism.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Caitlin Luce Baker, Island Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“A grossly all-too-accurate satire of American consumer culture and those frantically swiping their plastic (in hopes of some kind of meaning) inside of it. Hilarious and biting. A scream.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Traci Thiebaud, Brazos Bookstore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Slim and ferocious, Masłowska’s novel is a wild trip from beginning to end.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“So absurdly extended—and so deranged in its detail—that it’s genuinely funny.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e— \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“She is the hope of Polish literature.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Paloff deserves to be commended. His translation is as transparent as possible, literal without being wooden, lively yet not artificially so. Maslowska’s linguistic vigor communicates itself to English-language readers so readily that we are caught up in the quick current of her prose before we even know what the book is about.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Magdalena Kay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorota Masłowska\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is a Polish writer, playwright, and journalist. She is the recipient of the prestigious Polityka Prize for her debut novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWojna polsko-ruska pod flagą biało-czerwoną \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e(Snow White and Russian Red, Grove Atlantic), published when she was just 19 years old. The book garnered massive critical acclaim in Poland, has been translated into dozens of languages, and was made into a movie directed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eXawery Żuławski\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. Since then, she has written several novels and plays and has become a celebrated literary figure in Poland. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHoney, I Killed the Cats\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, her second novel to be published in English, has been adapted for stage and portions were made into a short film directed by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e Marcin Nowak\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. She currently resides in Warsaw.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Paloff \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ereceived his Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Harvard University in 2007. He is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLost in the Shadow of the Word (Space, Time and Freedom in Interwar Eastern Europe)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (Northwestern University Press, 2016), which in 2015 received the American Comparative Literature Association's Helen Tartar First Book Subvention Prize. He has also published two collections of poems, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAnd His Orchestra \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e(2015) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (2011), both from Carnegie Mellon University Press. A former poetry editor at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, his poems have appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA Public Space, The Paris Review, The New Republic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, and elsewhere, and he has translated several books from Polish and Czech, including works by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Weiner, Dorota Maslowska, Marek Bienczyk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrzej Sosnowsk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ei. He has twice received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts—in poetry as well as translation—and has been a fellow of the US Fulbright Programs, the Stanford Humanities Center, and the Michigan Society of Fellows. 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In language that is as delicate as it is fierce, Tikkanen explores the depths of fear and violence that often accompany addiction and the struggle to reconcile that pain with the deep love and strength necessary to hold a family together through it all. As much a story of resilience as it is suffering, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Love Story of the Century\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a bittersweet account of the complexities of addiction, the power of creativity, and the redemption of love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMärta Tikkanen\u003c\/strong\u003e (b. 1935) is a Finnish-Swedish journalist, writer, and teacher. 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The three occupy a challenging limbo between childhood and adulthood, made only more difficult by the steady provocation of their malicious male classmates and pubescent bodies that are changing beyond their control. They are on the precipice of a grown-up world that seems to be broken into two groups: male and female; public and private; assailant and target. Eager to escape, the girls seek refuge in Bella’s greenhouse, a free zone where their imaginations run wild and their talents can flourish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter their classmates’ violations escalate, the three friends plant a strange seed in the greenhouse, and a shimmering, magical flower blossoms. Intrigued, they drink the nectar from the flower, and suddenly find themselves transformed from girls to boys until the next morning. The three return each night to drink from the flower, anxious to explore their world — and new, older male friends — with agency and freedom. As they fall deeper into the boys’ world, they discover a new reality, one of power and violence, of gangs and drugs. When their nightly escapades turn darker, two of the teens grow wary, ready to turn back and face the reality of womanhood; but Kim is determined to see their discovery to its catastrophic, fiery end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this tale, the body is a battlefield, and masculinity is a drug. 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She has contributed short stories to the erotica collection \u003cem\u003eHot\u003c\/em\u003e (2012) and the science fiction collection \u003cem\u003eOther Ways: Ten New Utopias\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), among others. Schiefauer holds a teaching degree in Swedish, English, and creative writing. She lives in Gothenberg, Sweden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaskia Voge\u003c\/strong\u003el is from Los Angeles and lives in Berlin, where she works as a writer and Swedish-to-English literary translator. She has written on the themes of gender, power and sexuality for publications such as \u003cem\u003eGranta, The White Review, The Offing,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Quietus\u003c\/em\u003e. Her translations include work by leading female authors, such as Katrine Marcal, Karolina Ramqvist and the modernist eroticist Rut Hillarp. Previously, she worked in London as \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e magazine’s global publicist and in Los Angeles as an editor at the AVN Media Network, where she reported on the business of sex work and adult pleasure products. 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Multitudes of snowflakes, tiny as sparks, keep flying into the beam and swirling around like burning gunpowder. The factory workers hurry home in this freezing cold, holding their breath, to ring in the New Year. The snow doesn’t just crackle under their feet, it actually squeals. In this kind of cold, breathing is impossible: you might as well try to breathe black pepper. It feels like the snow would catch fire if you held a match to it. And no looking up, either, not a chance, although if you do go ahead and try to lift your frost-burned face you’ll see a red banner over the entrance, and white letters, and above them the spotlight’s beam, drilling through the murky, sleepy sky over the Narva Outpost all the way into outer space, although its target really isn’t outer space at all, but the clock on the Central Tower, that’s what! The time on the clock is five to ten, but the snow-covered cornices and ledges crowning both the Central Tower itself and the entire recently restored main building gleam white.\u003cbr\u003eComrades! A clapping of hands gets everyone’s attention, and he breaks into the old song: “Five minutes! Five mi-i-inuu- utes!” No, don’t worry, we’ve still got two hours. What I mean is that in five minutes we will get ready to go and wish each other a Happy New Year, and then we will exit the shop in an orderly fashion, hop on the tram, and be home in time to hear the clock strike twelve on the radio. Attention, attention!\u003cbr\u003eD (a skinny red-head) contends that the module has to be assembled this year, not left until next year. His childhood friend, Q, contends that… Olya! Let’s spend the New Year together. The whole year? Oh, sorry about that, I meant to say, New Year’s Eve. Although now you mention it, I would spend the whole year with you, Olenka, if you were up for it. I’d rather spend it with D. He’s just as much of an idiot as you, but at least he shuts up sometimes. Well sure, of course we’ll take D with us! We’ll all head over to my place. My dad’s on duty, he’ll be gone all night. I’ll take care of the, you know, the stuff. Come on, D, quit your dawdling and finish it, or else the trams’ll stop running. The trams run until eleven (setting a sprocket in graphite lubricant). I’ll be right there. You go on and invite Olya over. I did, I already did! Is that so? When was that?\u003cbr\u003eIt’s freezing outside, enough to knock the wind out of you. I can’t remember it ever being this cold. I can’t either. They say it was during the blockade, but I don’t remember. Man, when we lived in the Urals, minus forty-five in the winter was no big deal. But at least the air was dry there. Here you’ve got this mist, this haze. My grandma’s been wheezing for three days, she can’t take this kind of freezing cold. Then she shouldn’t go outside. No, she wheezes inside, too.\u003cbr\u003eWhoa, the light’s on in number four. Hey boys, let’s go check out Four, what’d they do over there? I haven’t seen it yet. But what’s the time? We got plenty of time. Let’s go.\u003cbr\u003eShop Four’s new, expansive layout. Out past the enormous windows, just touched by frost, the sharp outlines of bare branches. Booming footsteps. An echo reverberates. Get a load of that! What kind of machines are those, anyway? They’re, like, war trophies. Careful, boys. Someone’s coming. It’s okay, chief, we’re from Fifteen. Showing the girl\u003cbr\u003earound. It’s all fancy-schmancy over here now, isn’t it? (Felt boots, baggy overcoat, moustache.) Happy New Year! Olya’s smile, now, for a smile like that you’d do anything! Olya’s with the quality control department. Ah, I see. Happy New Year, kids. That’s right. There’s certainly something worth looking at here, that’s right. And here I was, thinking, who are those folks? You make sure to come by again. ’Cause next time I’ll… So you’re from Fifteen, then, the hardest-working shop, always working late. Puts in the most overtime. (A whiff of alcohol.) Go on and take a seat. We’ll have us a little chat. That tram won’t get away from you. There’s a lot I can tell you about… I was here way back when there wasn’t anything here, nothing at all, but I was here… Wanna know what I did? I kept this factory from burning down. That’s something you don’t know. During the war, that’s right. Come on, now, have a seat. You Komsomol kids! 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A woman returns early from a lovers’ retreat to a bottle of pills at home. And how should you explain the nuances of contemporary Paris to your mother, twenty-five years dead? Valérie Mréjen's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Forest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a book of mourning that isn’t morbid or sentimental, but rather an elegant and wryly humorous brace against the void. With a paradoxically detached intimacy, Mréjen follows death’s dark and twisted path through the lives it touches, wringing out every possible meaning—or non-meaning—along the way. A writer at the height of her career who draws comparisons to Georges Perec and Nathalie Sarraute, Mréjen has cemented her status as an auteur with a singular voice, guiding us through the Black Forest of ghosts that populate her subconscious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eValérie Mréjen\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, filmmaker, and mixed media artist. She has written five novels, most recently \u003cem\u003eTroisième personne\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), and exhibited widely in France and abroad, including in a solo retrospective at the Jeu de Paume gallery in Paris. She is an alumna of residencies at Villa Medici in Rome and Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto. Mréjen’s first feature-length film, \u003cem\u003eEn ville\u003c\/em\u003e, co-directed with Bertrand Schefer, was a Director’s Fortnight selection at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011, and her children’s play, \u003cem\u003eTrois Hommes Verts\u003c\/em\u003e, premiered at the Théâtre Gennevilliers in 2014. 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Nothing escapes her intuitive vigilance…With her, details are isolated and become powerful revealers of truth. 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Its unrelenting focus on a subject we’d often prefer not to think about makes it a sort of memento mori. Through the scale and disparate passings presented, Mréjen reminds us that while for all of us the moment will come when we pass, death can be a unifying moment rather than just an alienating one. That those who succeed us will do whatever they can and push on. That wherever death might find us, there is also life.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eKenyon Review, \u003c\/em\u003eIan J. Battaglia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA man is at home one afternoon. He attempts to carry out a number of actions in a particular order, focusing on their progress. His gaze is drawn to the window overlooking the street, and he takes in the people coming and going, their shoulders pulled down by various loads: bags of all sizes, overcoats, trenches. Legs carry these bodies composed and comprised of organs, some of which function better than others; legs continuously cross paths, legs march on; heads nod, ruminating over a thousand disparate things, and hair swings forward and back. Anonymous heads of hair shine in the pale, cold light of the winter sun, curling, lifting in cowlicks, fading, and becoming streaked with white strands— just a few at first, then many, if only they’re given the time and the chance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe man in the apartment decides he is old enough. He takes the disco ball down from its beam and in its place ties a rope, which he likely found in the hardware section of the bric–a–brac shop not far from his building. 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On the pillow, the waxy face appears calm, the half–closed eyes pointed toward a spot on the ceiling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":35464856273059,"sku":"9781944700904","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":35464856305827,"sku":"9781646050215","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/043-Black_Forest.jpg?v=1596660709"},{"product_id":"sphinx","title":"Sphinx","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/deepvellum.org\/authors\/anne-f-garreta\/\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/deepvellum.org\/authors\/anne-f-garreta\/\"\u003e \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnne Garréta\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTranslated from the French by Emma Ramadan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecipient of the French Embassy's Hemingway Grant for Translation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA landmark literary event: the first novel by a female member of Oulipo in English, a sexy genderless love story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eApril 21, 2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e 9781941920091\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eeBook:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e 9781941920084\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSphinx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is the remarkable debut novel, originally published in 1986, by the incredibly talented and inventive French author Anne Garréta, one of the few female members of Oulipo, the influential and exclusive French experimental literary group whose mission is to create literature based on mathematical and linguistic restraints, and whose ranks include Georges Perec and Italo Calvino, among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA beautiful and complex love story between two characters, the narrator, \"I,\" and their lover, A***, written without using any gender markers to refer to the main characters, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSphinx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is a remarkable linguistic feat and paragon of experimental literature that has never been accomplished before or since in the strictly-gendered French language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSphinx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is a landmark text in the feminist, LGBT, and experimental literary canons appearing in English for the first time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNominated for the 2016 PEN Translation Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Staff Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's Top 50 Independent Books of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEntropy Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's Best Fiction Books of 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBookriot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's 100 Must-Read Books Translated from French\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDallas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's \"13 Books to Read This Summer\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFeatured in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOff The Shelf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's \"12 Innovative Books to Get You Out of Your Reading Rut\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncluded in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's \"23 Books in Translation by Women Writers\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of Farrar, Straus, and Giroux editor Jackson Howard's Favorite Books of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Sphinx challenges automatisms, identification mechanisms, and the urgent need for gender categorization. The absence of linguistic gender acts as a mirror reflecting back the reader’s projections.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Gaëlle Cogan, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"[Garreta's] been called influential and groundbreaking, and with this, her first translation into English, it is easy to see why. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSphinx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is an important contribution to queer literature—fascinating, intelligent, and very welcome.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLambda Literary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"A unique novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSphinx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e succeeds in telling a love story without names or genders, allowing the reader to interpret the novel however they wish. Set in Paris and calling to mind the work of James Baldwin, this both feminist and LGBT book is deeply evocative in its word usage as it celebrates love without the constraints of gender.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Garréta’s removal of gendered grammar is less an indictment of gender—or sign-bearing bodies—and more of a narrative challenge, a queering of language. This is also to say \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSphinx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is less of a queer romance novel than it is a poetic queering of love itself.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Meghan Lamb, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Collagist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“The set-up is such a classic, relatable tale of falling in — and out — of love that one wonders why gender has always been such a huge factor in how we discuss relationships, in fiction and otherwise. . . . So, the author, and the translator, created their own language, championing love and desire over power and difference.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Maddie Crum, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSphinx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e highlights the already limiting nature of language when it comes to matters of gender, and of love.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Stephanie Hayes, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“The strength of [\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSphinx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e] lies in its philosophical eloquence . . . Take away gender and race from the book, and what’s left? Love, viewed as a nihilistic transcendence . . . considerably more than a language game.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Adam Mars-Jones, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSphinx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is an almost effortlessly readable, atmospheric love story, like a Marguerite Duras novel starring a pair of genderless paramours who haunt the after-hours clubs and cabarets of Paris. The conceit is so simple and so potent that it’s impossible to get too far without pondering big questions about the role gender plays in the way we think about love in literature — and in life.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Judy Berman, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“In this sense, just as the novel is genderless, it is also genderfull . . . Garréta finds endless shades of in between and out of bounds, her characters taking shapes no other text before—or since—has imagined.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Lauren Elkin, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Centering her tale on the love and lust of a young couple in the Parisian underworld allows Garréta to train our eyes on the physical beauty of youth, the sensuality of anonymous bodies, and our preconceptions regarding both. The bodies of je and A***, left bare of gender markers, create the need for a new, more vigilant kind of reading that involves a constant undoing of assumptions. They cry: Read yourselves, not just us.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Jane Yong Kim, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“However, the fragments that do surface from this unconscious reservoir are vividly and eloquently incarnated. This is particularly true of the prose around lights, music, and bodies—the primary elements that compose nightclubs. They are rendered in rapturous tones . . . I could go on—exquisite fragments like these are packaged in nearly every page.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—John Taylor, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"The body may be divine, but it can only be seen in such close focus that individual limbs can hardly be distinguished: we are left with flesh and bone, plus a few spinning hormones.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Joanna Walsh, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe National\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Garréta’s stylistic experiment has been carried out at once boldly and discreetly — it is difficult not to be lured into the story . . . [Emma Ramadan] has skillfully brought this thought-provoking novel to the English-reading world, where it has long been overdue.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—John Taylor, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Arts Fuse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Untethered from the genre you’ve unconsciously assigned it, the story expands. Love, like the universe has a way of doing that. And yet you sense a helplessness in the narrator to try, like you were, to pin something down.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Leah Dieterich, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Art Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"The biggest surprise is Anne Garréta, whose novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSphinx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, first published in 1986, explores DJ culture, gender and sexual politics in Parisian nightclubs. The two main characters are the narrator and their lover A***...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSphinx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (available in Emma Ramadan’s 2015 English translation) is ahead of its time, a radical bridge between Kathy Acker, the “chemical generation” authors of the 90s, and emerging innovators such as this year’s Goldsmiths prize-nominated Isabel Waidner.\"  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Tony White, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eI never alluded to what I had so indistinctly perceived in my sleep, and neither did A***. There were always inexplicable silences between us, a sort of prudishness or reserve that kept us from broaching certain intimate subjects. We kept the evidence hidden away, even avoiding the use of expressions that seemed improper, excessive, or bizarre. A*** would never show any immoderate affection, and I was constantly forcing myself not to criticize the escapades I witnessed. Once, only once, I was weak enough to reveal my jealousy, which had been gnawing away at me. In the same vein, A*** only once slipped in showing tenderness toward me, using words and gestures that we had never before allowed ourselves to use.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis single jealous episode took place in the dressing room of the Eden where, one night, I came upon A*** in the company of a man I had seen fairly often in the wings the previous week, whom I suspected to be A***’s latest lover. Normally I pretended not to give a damn about the goings-on of A***’s libido; the number and nature of A***’s escapades were none of my business. What right did I have to be jealous, since there was nothing between us other than platonic affection? But that night I could not bear to see this lugubrious cretin, in the seat that I habitually occupied, engaged with A*** in the sort of conversation I had thought was reserved for me alone. This substitution outraged me: the idea that in my absence someone could take my place, could be the object of identical attentions. I was willing to admit that I was not everything for A***, but I refused to accept that what I was, achieved through a hard-fought struggle, could be taken over by someone else, and apparently by anyone at all. The sole merit of the lover in question was his idiocy: his inane conversation was doubtless a nice break from the thornier discussions A*** and I typically had. A*** thought he had a beautiful face, entrancing eyes, and good fashion sense. I was shocked by A***’s poor taste, by the appreciation of such an individual: an Adonis from a centerfold with a stupidly handsome face.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnne F. Garréta\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is the first member of the Oulipo to be born after the founding of the collective. A normalien (graduate of France’s prestigious École normale supérieure) and lecturer at the University of Rennes II since 1995, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnne F. Garréta\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e was co-opted into the Oulipo in April 2000. She also teaches at Duke University as a Research Professor of Literature and Romance Studies. Her first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSphinx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, hailed by critics, tells a love story between two people without giving any indication of grammatical gender for the narrator or the narrator’s love interest, A***. She won France’s prestigious Prix Médicis in 2002, awarded each year to an author whose “fame does not yet match their talent” (she is the second Oulipian to win the award–Georges Perec won in 1978), for her book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNot One Day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmma Ramadan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is a literary translator of poetry and prose from France, the Middle East, and North Africa. She is the recipient of a Fulbright, an NEA Translation Fellowship, a PEN\/Heim grant, and the 2018 Albertine Prize. Her translations for Deep Vellum include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnne Garréta’s\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSphinx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNot One Day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Fouad Laroui's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Curious Case of Dassoukine's Trousers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrice Matthieussent's\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRevenge of the Translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. 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Karanović is “a counter-cultural icon [who] writes in a vivid, sophisticated vernacular of desire and transcendence amid cultural and political change” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePEN Translation Fund Advisory Board\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). He has traveled widely throughout Europe, hitchhiking and often changing jobs, including owning a music store for 13 years. For many years he has been an underground cult figure and a seminal influence on a generation of younger poets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZvonko Karanović\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet and fiction writer born in 1959 in Niš, Serbia. A writer of distinctly urban sensibilities, steeped in the spirit of riot and revolt, he has written some of the most significant politically engaged poetry critiquing the '90s regime in Serbia. He is the author of 14 books of poetry, most recently \u003cem\u003eBox Set; Sleepwalkers on a Picnic; Cages; Burn, Baby, Burn: Selected Poems in German\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eThe Best Years of Our Lives: Selected Poems 1991-2004\u003c\/em\u003e. He also wrote three award-winning novels. He lives in Belgrade, Serbia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAna Božičević\u003c\/strong\u003e, born in Croatia in 1977, is the author of \u003cem\u003eStars of the Night Commute\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) and \u003cem\u003eRise in the Fall\u003c\/em\u003e, one of \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly's\u003c\/em\u003e top five in poetry for 2013. She's a two-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Poetry. She is the recipient of the 40 Under 40: The Future of Feminism award from the Feminist Press, and the PEN American Center\/NYSCA grant for translating Snow on Fire by Zvonko Karanović. The anthology of translations,\u003cem\u003e The Day Lady Gaga Died: An Anthology of Newer New York Poets\u003c\/em\u003e, which she co-edited with Željko Mitic, appeared in Serbia in Fall 2011. She teaches and studies poetics at the City University of New York and has taught at Naropa University, the University of Arizona Poetry Center, the San Francisco State University Poetry Center, Harvard, and elsewhere. With Sophia Le Fraga she performs and creates multimedia work as part of a poetry duo called not_I. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoneme","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43823689793785,"sku":"9781939419279","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/snow.jpg?v=1596836941"},{"product_id":"life-went-on-anyway-stories","title":"Sentsov, Oleh: LIFE WENT ON ANYWAY","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Oleh Sentsov \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Uilleam Blacker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-mce-style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThis timely collection of stories is by a Sakharov Peace Prize-winning Ukrainian film director, whose political imprisonment in Russia since 2014 is an international cause célèbre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-mce-style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/strong\u003eOctober 15, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-mce-style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781941920879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781941920886\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-mce-style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Through his courage and determination, by putting his life in danger, the filmmaker Oleh Sentsov has become a symbol of the struggle for the release of political prisoners held in Russia and around the world.” —Antonio Tajani, European Parliament President\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories in Ukrainian film director, writer, and dissident Oleh Sentsov’s debut collection are as much acts of dissent as they are acts of creative expression. These autobiographical stories display a Tarkovsky-esque mix of nostalgia and philosophical insight, written in a simple yet profound style looking back on a life’s path that led Sentsov to become an internationally renowned dissident artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSentsov’s charges seemingly stem from his opposition to Russia’s invasion and occupation of eastern Ukraine where he lived in the Crimea. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison in August 2015 on spurious terrorism charges after he was kidnapped in his house and put through a grossly unfair trial by a Russian military court, marred by allegations of torture. Many of the stories included here were read during international campaigns by PEN International, the European Film Academy, and Amnesty International, among others, to support the case for Sentsov across the world. Sentsov’s final words at his trial, “Why bring up a new generation of slaves?” have become a rallying cry for his cause. He spent 145 days on hunger strike in 2018 to urge the Russian authorities to release all Ukrainians unfairly imprisoned in Russia, an act of profound courage that contributed to the European Parliament’s awarding him the prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSentsov remained in a prison camp in Russia until the eve of this book's printing, published in collaboration with PEN Ukraine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOleh Sentsov\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Ukranian filmmaker and writer from Crimea, best known for his 2011 film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGamer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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Zahia Rahmani speaks to the religious fairy tales of my girlhood, the Muslim lore we listened to while learning the Arabic alphabet. “Muslim” challenges the borders of genre, much like Rahmani pushes up against the boundaries of multiple, overlapping identities, investigating imposed definitions and complicating what it means to be colonized, woman, Muslim.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Dr. Seema Yasmin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“‘I was born into a minor language and escaped from a distant nowhere that didn’t want me,’ Zahia Rahmani writes in this chronicle of the numerous forms isolation can take—and the numerous ways that identity can be both claimed and projected onto someone. 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In addition, he has translated the works of authors such as Alfred Jarry, Raymond Queneau, and Wajdi Mouawad\u003cspan\u003e, and teaches writing at the Ateneu School of Writing of Barcelona. In 2014 he was invited to join the Oulipo and is currently the only Spanish member of the group.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Diteman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is a writer, artist, and translator from the French, Spanish, and Italian. He is currently studying for his Ph.D. Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. 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The book opens as a series of footnotes from Trad as he justifies changes he makes. As the novel progresses, Trad begins to take over the writing, methodically breaking down the work of the original writer and changing the course of the text. 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Matthieussent currently resides in France, where he teaches the history of contemporary art and aesthetics at the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Marseille. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRevenge of the Translator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, forthcoming from Deep Vellum in 2018, is his first novel, and was awarded the Prix du style Cultura upon publication in France in 2009.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmma Ramadan\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eis a graduate of Brown University, received her Master's in Cultural Translation from the American University of Paris, and recently completed a Fulbright Fellowship for literary translation in Morocco. Her translation of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnne Garreta's\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSphinx\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewas published by Deep Vellum in spring 2015 and was nominated for both the PEN Translation Prize and the Best Translated Book Award. 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Her forthcoming translations of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLaroui's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edebut novel in English\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Tribulations of the Last Sjilmassi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrice Matthiuessent'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003es\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRevenge of the Translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill be published by Deep Vellum in 2018.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReviews\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEuropeNow\u003c\/em\u003e's \"Best Translations of 2018\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“At once a powerful satire and an ode to a collaborative art form, this delightful novel will have readers scratching their heads, retracing their steps, and delighting anew in the art of translation, including Ramadan’s own skillful work here.”\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e —\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Here is a thrilling meta novel originally written in French - a peek into the mind of an obsessive, and increasingly unstable translator. Written entirely of footnoted annotations, it’s about a French translator translating a fictional work back into its original language, attempting to justify his growing changes to the text.”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLibrairie Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“…stuffed with symbols, mises en abyme, and direct and indirect comments that state or suggest that we cannot know where the limits of fiction and pretence lie and how far they extend.”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eErike Fülöp, University of Hamburg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Matthieussent’s novel is a revenge indeed, a postmodern tour de force where the notions of original, translation, source and target texts, author and translator, are blurred to the point of becoming irrelevant, shedding a whole new light on the concepts of faithfulness and creativity, and redefining typographical and cultural spaces.”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePierre-Alexis Mevel and Dawn Cornelio, University of Nottingham\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“We are at the heart of Literature, with its capacity to make the real vibrate, to reach it using words.”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant… worthy of our Umberto Eco.”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRiccardo, Rossiello,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoloLibri\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“An intensely thrilling tale of intrigue and translation with a comedic undercurrent, the novel explores the transcendent power of obsessive dedication and the blurred lines between reality and text.”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWorld Literature Today \u003c\/em\u003e(Winter 2019) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“A gripping and hilarious exploration of literature come to life and showcases translation as the ultimate act of creation. A wonderful read!”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCaravansérail Bookstore (London, UK)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“If 2017 was the year when the translation community rallied around Kate Briggs’s\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis Little Art\u003c\/em\u003e, then 2019 should be the year of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRevenge of the Translator\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOnomatomania\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“This barrage of symbols may sound overwhelming, but in fact the ingenious, and sometimes plain outrageous, devices Matthieussent engineers to continue reintroducing these elements into the text is one of the great joys of the book. This network of symbols, which the reader is constantly trying to process and make sense of, is what drives the novel on and stops it from descending (completely) into farce.”\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOnomatomania\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Here is a thrilling meta novel originally written in French - a peek into the mind of an obsessive, and increasingly unstable translator. Written entirely of footnoted annotations, it’s about a French translator translating a fictional work back into its original language, attempting to justify his growing changes to the text.”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLibrairie Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly Books of the Week\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“It’s a credit to Ramadan that\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRevenge of the Translator\u003c\/em\u003e, in its entirety, manages to feel like a necessary transgression. You could say that she didn’t do much, didn’t change much, didn’t stray much. But you could also say that it was her most transgressive, subversive move to forego revenge, content instead to disappear.” —\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlec Joyner, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFull Stop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Ramadan opts for unabashed provocation, uprooting the text from its cultural stasis and holding it up to the piercing scrutiny of today’s most inflammatory concerns. It’s a work that amounts to a critical reinvention that aspires not to a spot among the translated literary canon, but to the unraveling of the very standards by which that canon is praised.”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArshy Azizi,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLA Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Wonderfully lost in the intricately woven plots, in the novel’s surreal atmosphere and rebellious humor, the reader encounters translation as a place for humanity—flawed, powerful, and shared.”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/em\u003e’s August Book Club Selection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"So\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRevenge of the Translator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an elaborate variation on the usual novel of an author playing a role in his own work, manipulating his characters even more directly...It's an amusing idea, and fairly amusingly played out, with Prote a significant figure, cruelly playing with his characters but then outflanked by the translator. Matthieussent has good fun with this, on its different levels...\"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eM.A.Orthofer,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Complete Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A clever satire on American pulp novels... 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Ófeigur is at the forefront of a poetic movement of dynamic young creative people, who have recently had a hand in reshaping the form of Icelandic poetry. He has translated literature and written for radio on writers including Louis-Ferdinand Céline and Michel Houellebecq. A prolific poet, Ófeigur has published several collections including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eToast to the Midwinter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2001) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRedness \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2006). In 2005 his first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eÁferð\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was published and received very positive reviews. His second novel, Jón (2010), the story of a man writing letters to his pregnant wife from a cave, became the first Icelandic novel to receive the European Union Prize for Literature. 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He has taught at Columbia University, Fordham University, and Plymouth University, and is currently a professor at SUNY-Geneseo. 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Highly recommended and one to watch in the 2019 Best Translated Book Awards.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Mookse \u0026amp; The Gripes \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e“It’s a brilliant, ecstatic, hallucinatory arabesque consisting of nested tales of decreasing reliability and increasing self-awareness—all centering upon this blasted Icelandic emptiness where having or knowing anything seems only barely possible, where one glimpses the struggle to verify the contents of the world in bleakest terms.” \u003cstrong\u003e—David Searcy, \u003cem\u003eThe Literary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e“Part adventure, part history, and part madness! 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His first work of fiction, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLos pájaros\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e was praised by the critics and won a Grant-Award from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCultura Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. This was followed by two major novels: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAgua \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLa mujer de Wakefield\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. The former was translated into French, English and Portuguese, the latter was translated in Japan and France, where it was a finalist in the prestigious Prix Femina for Best Foreign Book. In 1998, Berti moved to Paris where he worked as a cultural journalist, a correspondent for different media outlets and a scriptwriter, and taught courses in writing. In 2002, he published\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e La vida imposible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, whose translation into French received the Libralire-Fernando Aguirre Prize. Two years later he published \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTodos los Funes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, with which he won the prestigious Premio Herralde. Hailed as one of the books of the year by the Times Literary Supplement, the work was translated into Korean and French. Berti is also an accomplished translator of authors such as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGustave Flaubert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Bowen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. In 2011 he won the Emecé Prize and the Las Américas Prize for the Novel with his book Imagined Country. He currently lives in Bordeaux. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Coombe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is a British translator based in the UK, working from French and Spanish into English. Her translation of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbnousse Shalmani’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Khomeini, Sade and Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (2016) won a PEN Translates award in 2015. After a decade translating creative texts in gastronomy, the arts, travel and tourism, lifestyle, fashion and advertising, her love of literature drew her to literary translation, with a particular focus on women’s writing. Her work has been published by Phaidon, World Editions and online by Palabras Errantes As well as translating literature, she owns the translation agency CMC Translations providing transcreation, proofreading, editing and revising on a daily basis for various private clients and agencies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":35509261533347,"sku":"9781941920619","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":35509261566115,"sku":"9781941920626","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/033-The_Imagined_Land.jpg?v=1597087555"},{"product_id":"geography-of-rebels-trilogy","title":"Geography of Rebels Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Maria Gabriela Llansol\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTranslated from the Portuguese by Audrey Young\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEnglish debut with three linked novellas by influential cult Portuguese writer interweaving history, poetry, and philosophy into transcendent literary vision.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSeptember 25, 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e9781941920633\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eeBook: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e9781941920640\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Geography of Rebels Trilogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, containing \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 Book of Communities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, \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 Remaining Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, and \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 the House of July \u0026amp; August\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, is Maria Gabriela Llansol’s debut work to appear in English, containing her own earliest novels, written between 1974-1979, an interlinked trilogy of works originally published separately, but published in English together to give readers the chance to witness the breathtaking scope of her work as it was laid out from the very beginnings of her sterling literary career.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“If anyone might be profitably compared to Clarice Lispector, it might well be Maria Gabriela Llansol. This is because of the fundamentally mystical impulse that animates them both, their conception of writing as a sacred act, a prayer: their idea that it was through writing that a person can reach ‘the core of being.’” —Benjamin Moser, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhy This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Llansol’s text . . . creates spaces where conjecture and counterfactual accounts operate freely granting a glimpse of an alternative reality.” —Claire Williams, \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 Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGeography of Rebels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003epresents the English debut of three linked novellas from influential Portuguese writer Maria Gabriela Llansol. With echoes of Clarice Lispector, Llansol’s novellas evoke her vision of writing as life, conjuring historical figures and weaving together history, poetry, and philosophy in a transcendent journey through one of Portugal’s greatest creative minds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMaria Gabriela Llansol \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e(1931-2008) is a singular figure in Portuguese literature, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, yet never before translated into English. Although entirely unknown in the United States, she twice won the award for best novel from the Portuguese Writers’ Association with her textually idiosyncratic, fragmentary, and densely poetic writing; other recipients of this prize include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJosé Saramago\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAntónio Lobos Antunes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. Upon her death in 2008, she left behind twenty-seven published books and more than seventy unpublished notebooks, all of which evade any traditional definitions of genre. Despite this body of work, only a few short pages have ever been translated into English. She was born in Lisbon, where her bibliophile father was chief accountant at a paper factory and her doting mother a housewife. She graduated with a degree in law from Lisbon University in 1955 and two years later obtained a degree in educational sciences. She then ran a nursery school before publishing her first short stories in 1962, inspired by her interaction with children. In 1965 she and her husband Augusto Joaquim moved to Belgium, in voluntary exile from the repressive regime of António de Oliveira Salazar. She would spend twenty years there in voluntary exile, teaching at the local school, translating Rimbaud and Baudelaire, and reading medieval mystics.The experience of educating children from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities - some with problems such as autism or Down's syndrome - influenced her work considerably. So did the perspective afforded by living and working in a foreign language, in an isolated community far from home. The couple became part of a cooperative that ran an experimental school, and also made and sold furniture and food.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Unlike her contemporaries back in Portugal, she did not write to describe reality, but rather to exist through the process of writing. Eliding any sense of plot, her texts instead transcribe the movements of bodies and animals and light. (They “correspond to inner earthquakes,” she would say in an interview.) Her first novel, \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 Book of Communities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, was published in 1977. It is the first volume of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGeography of Rebels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, a trilogy of novellas mapping a series of encounters between poets, mystics, beguines and heretics, all of which take place in another version of the medieval war between peasants and princes in Central Europe. Llansol appropriates figures like Saint John of the Cross and Thomas Muntzer and pulls them into a transhistorical dialogue, constructing a succession of what she calls “luminous scenes,” where they coexist outside of time. In the mid-1980s she moved back to Portugal, to the historic hilltop town of Sintra, and from then on published almost one book a year, largely ignored by the general public but gradually gathering a loyal, diverse group of readers, including academics and even the current president of the European commission, José Manuel Barroso, who has called her writing \"intense and sublime\". \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAudrey Young\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is a translator, researcher, and archivist. She received a Fulbright grant to research non-theatrical film in Portugal and studied Portuguese language and culture at the University of Lisbon with a scholarship from the Instituto Camões. She has worked at the Getty Research Institute, the Cineteca Nacional México, and the Arquivo Nacional do Brasil, among other archives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEuropeNow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's Best Translations of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Imagine Clarice Lispector speaking with specters. Imagine Emily Dickinson seeking and finding a community. Imagine Hilda Hilst rebelling further into the madding crowd. Imagine Virginia Woolf as a Lisbon-born medium channeling displaced waves of consciousness. Imagine Fernando Pessoa as a woman building edenic spaces outside of our time-space continuum. If you can imagine some amalgamation of these descriptors, you may come close to conjuring up the writings of Maria Gabriela Llansol, but you can never quite know their protean beauty until you have entered these textual landscapes for yourself, and discovered the alternate realities they open up, where time feels simultaneously historical and ahistorical, and space simultaneously geographical and ageographical. We are fortunate that Audrey Young has translated Llansol’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGeography of Rebels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTrilogy into English for the first time. Now we no longer have an excuse to overlook Llansol’s idiosyncratic genius.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e—Tyler Malone,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"This is an astonishing, otherworldly and utterly original book, and it reveals Llansol as one of the most fascinating Portuguese writers of the twentieth century.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Annie McDermott,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“I am intrigued and mesmerized by Llansol’s prose, her mysterious and beautiful sentences that push the novel beyond its usual constraints, and, at times, approach prose poetry. Like Virginia Woolf and James Joyce, Llansol’s method is a radical one and, for those readers who like to be challenged, worth checking out.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Gary Michael Perry, FOYLES in Charing Cross (London, UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Reading\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGeography of Rebels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an unforgettable experience. Llansol’s hallucinatory prose is genuinely transfixing.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Joshua Tait,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Carolina Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Her idiosyncratic, highly creative texts reached beyond conventional \"figurative\" writing. . . . In particular, her narrators function almost as a medium, or channel, for a series of fluctuating identities and voices or visitors (figures) who inhabit her consciousness and engage in discussion among themselves. Llansol's text also creates spaces where conjecture and counterfactual accounts operate freely - granting a glimpse of an alternative reality. She created iconoclastic, anti-nationalist texts that deflated mythical figures and representations of the past. She stressed Europe's evolution through the growth of free will, free thought and flourishing artistic and scientific developments.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Claire Williams,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"A commotion of a novel. With abrupt sentences and a narrative that darts, swerves, and veers, it is a perplexing read, but in a way that innervates, rather than discourages.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Benjamin, Librarie Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly (Montreal, QC)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Intense and sublime.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—José Manuel Barroso, former president of the European Commission\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Abstract, speculative thought, difficult in its way, but Maria Gabriela Llansol makes it sing.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Anthony Brown,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTimes Flow Stemmed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Her figures are subjected to deformations and subject to a series of precise sensations. It is the precision of thought that gives her story clarity and makes it a container for speculative questions about the nature of writing and close reading. I found reading\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\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 Book of Communities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ean intensely felt experience, nervous as much as cerebral. It is a lived experience of Merleau-Ponty’s essay on language not residing purely in the brain, but being something we do with our bodies, words are “a certain use made of my phonatory equipment, a certain modulation of my body as a being in the world.” In that sense, like poetry, it is a book that benefits by being read aloud, playing with the elisions and sound structures. Its translator, Audrey Young, from what I can tell from comparing its original online, has done an outstanding job of retaining its rich tone and rhythm.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTime's Flow Stemmed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Imagine if Don Mclean’s song American Pie was written about Christian mysticism instead of rock-n-roll. Llansol immerses her readers in a shared hallucinatory vision, seemingly fueled by religious hysteria and open to multiple interpretations. . . . There is magic in how Llansol puts words together—and more of the poet in her than the prose writer. . . . Llansol is a writer’s writer, unrestrained and reckless in her use of language. And wholly uninterested in catering to the general reading public. Which brings us to what many would say is the major challenge in Llansol’s work. The trilogy has more in common with a medieval Book of Hours than modern fiction. . . There is a phosphorescent brilliance here. 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Her literary debut, the novella \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSalaam, Dalgat!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published under a male pseudonym, provoked contradictory reactions in Russia: astonishment, especially among young Russians, at this unknown part of their country; and anger among radical Islamists at this negative portrayal of their homeland by one of their own. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSalaam, Dalgat!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e won the prestigious Debut Prize in 2009, and Ganieva revealed her true identity only at the award ceremony. 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Though set in the traditional confines of a largely Muslim North Caucasus, this divide is a microcosm for a very real wedge between two distinct generations in Russia today, a wedge that’s become a powerful force in struggles from music consumption and social media, to what the future of Russian politics will look like.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Nadia Beard,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Calvert Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Much as they try, [the characters’] individual stories are mere fodder for the dysfunctional social order built on systemic corruption and terror.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Olga Zilberbourg,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\"A bold and startling novel.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Viv Groskop,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ganieva's writing has a kind of magic.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Lauren Smart, \u003cem\u003eDallas Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":35464957722787,"sku":"9781941920596","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":35464957788323,"sku":"9781941920602","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/032-Bride_and_Groom_1.jpg?v=1596661016"},{"product_id":"the-outlaw","title":"The Outlaw","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/deepvellum.org\/authors\/jon-gnarr\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJón Gnarr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Icelandic by Lytton Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe dark final volume of the former Rekyjavík mayor's childhood memoir-trilogy delves into the brutal, relentless despair of his late teens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/strong\u003eMarch 14, 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781941920527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781941920534\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Outlaw\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the third and final volume in his acclaimed trilogy, former Reykjavík mayor and comedian Jón Gnarr returns to face the dark teenage years with his signature humor and candor. Raging with music, poetry, life, loneliness, and questions of right and wrong, Jón, a fourteen-year-old punk rock misfit, is sent to boarding school in the Westfjords region of Iceland. There he decides Crass is the only worthy punk band, discovers an unrequited interest in girls, and chooses drugs and self-harm to cope with mental anguish and intense thoughts of alienation and despair. 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The writer gives so much of himself that he manages to heal old wounds of adolescence as well as make a mother’s heart weep. I wish everybody in the whole world would read this book.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Audur Jonsdottir, writer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe aircraft lifted itself from the ground at Reykjavík Airport. It was only the second time I’d been on a plane. I’d gone to Norway with my mother and father. I’d never been to Reykjavík Airport—never flown domestically. I had a limited understanding of Iceland in my mind, and was exceedingly oblivious as to its character. I’d taken a road trip around the country with my parents, but everything seemed utterly identical so I couldn’t work out where I was at any given moment. The county felt somehow alien to me. I could conjure up a picture of Iceland but I couldn’t place myself within that picture. I’d gone all the way to Akureyri, but didn’t have a clue where to find it on a map. And now I was headed to Ísafjörður. I knew nothing about the place and was struggling to imagine what it would be like. I guessed the town would be some podunk place like Búðardalur; given the name, it was safe to assume it must always be freezing cold there in “ice fjord.” I bet people had gardens full of dockweed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll kinds of folk were on the plane, adults and children alike. I didn’t know anyone. An older woman was sitting beside me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“What’s taking you to Ísafjörður?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I’m going to Núpur.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The boarding school?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Uuuuh…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNúpur at Dýrafjörður, to give it its full name? What was it, exactly? I hadn’t seen a picture of the location and had no idea what a boarding school was. I’d never been to such a place. I’d heard stories, though, about kids who’d gone to the boarding school at Laugarvatn, and it sure sounded fun. A mix of being in school and living in a commune. You had a fair amount of freedom, everyone was good friends, and there was plenty of booze. I hoped it’d be like that at Núpur in Dýrafjörður. But Núpur was probably some storage depot for delinquents, some sort of care home that primarily catered to troubled souls. I didn’t quite know if I was a delinquent, but I was close to being one, at least. Delinquents were like me. Although we might not see ourselves as troubled youths, others did. Núpur at Dýrafjörður…the name itself sounded ancient—almost like a foreign language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI found it fascinating to fly over Iceland and see it from the air. The skies were clear that day so I could see right across the country. Snow-packed mountain slopes, fjords, and then some black blots that were definitely wildernesses…or highlands. 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Her experimental novel asks readers to reconsider death, asserting sorrow and loss as beautiful and necessary aspects of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHailed as \"the Virginia Woolf of Scandinavia,\" Klougart mixes prose, lyric essay, drama, poetry, and images to breathtaking effect in her writing, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOf Darkness \u003c\/em\u003emarks the arrival of a wholly new literary talent in world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJosefine Klougart \u003c\/strong\u003e(b. 1985) made her literary debut in 2010 with the novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRise and Fall\u003c\/em\u003e, which was nominated for the prestigious Nordic Council Literature Prize. Her third novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of Us is Sleeping\u003c\/em\u003e, forthcoming from Open Letter Books in summer 2016, was also nominated for a Nordic Council Literature Prize, making her the youngest author ever nominated twice for this prominent prize. Her fourth and most recent novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOf Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e, appeared in Denmark in 2014 to universal critical acclaim and became a massive bestseller in Denmark and Norway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslator\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Aitken \u003c\/strong\u003ehas won numerous awards for his translations of Danish literature, and he is currently working with Karl Ove Knausgaard to translate the final volume of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Struggle \u003c\/em\u003eand his nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"A critically acclaimed young voice in current Scandanavian Literature, Klougart…writes beautifully… \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOf Darkness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is a meditative look at loss, love, pain, living, and mortality.\" \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Daniel Haeusser\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"A fragmentary meditation on death and decay, \u003cem\u003eOf Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e by Josefine Klougart stretches the concept of fictional narrative to its very limits. She redefines the novel in the process...\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOf Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force in creative destruction. But from these disparate shards emerge a story about human resilience in the face of disease and death.\" —\u003cstrong\u003eKarl Wolff, \u003cem\u003eNY Journal of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“She has an unusual ability to create phrases, images and a language that you long to stay in and remember forever.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDagens Nyheter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Josefine Klougart writes dazzlingly beautiful. . . . Klougarts literature is ambitious and demanding, but truly rewarding.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ci\u003eGöteborgs-Poste\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Scandinavia has its own Virginia Woolf. Few come closer to the human condition than Klougart.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ci\u003eVG\u003c\/i\u003e (Norway)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One can speak of unbearable beauty, but one can also speak of a linguistic beauty that makes it possible to bear the unbearable.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePolitiken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll that the eyes see, upon which a gaze falls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA bag someone places on the floor is: a bag someone places on the floor. All things remain as things, and in that way they are here. The room is not disrupted, the chronology is not disrupted—none of its constituent parts have ever been together in that way. The way I have always been she, and you have always been he. There isn’t necessarily any problem in that. A movement in and out of our bodies, a recollection returned, wandering back and forth between us. Or an anger no one understands. A common reservoir, the increasingly threadlike capillaries of the veins; something proceeding through time, then turning back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll sounds are quite as distinct. All voices can be heard, and as such none enjoys priority.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA whisper is as clear as a shout. Something serves to amplify the weaker sounds and lengthen the louder ones so that we may hear them. The eyes decide for themselves what they want to observe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat may be a comfort.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ceiling, like the spine of a crouching animal. The duality of movement: inwards and outwards; down to the floor, then up. A whisper, and the space expands. Or: a whisper, and the space is compressed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot focusing on anything allows things to emerge more clearly. The ways in which they connect—with the eyes that see, and the bodies that listen. The fact of the eye requiring distance in order for an image to come together again in a new way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlains and skin. Coasts, cuticles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuch leaps, on all imaginable scales.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSound and image work on their own, independently. A thing such as distance. What can distances be measured against. A sky. A sail we have stretched out between walls. The arching vaults of cathedrals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd the same goes for time, the past mingling with what is; the salient past that is here, and all that is yet to come: here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe will of the image, and the will of sound. A liberation of the different planes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor instance:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe image of a beach, a broad belt of sand in panorama. There are no people in sight, we see only beach, sea, sky. Presently we hear two voices, a man and a woman talking. We hear them clearly, their voices rise with ease above the clamour of the waves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNext, they enter the frame, and the image splits into two images superimposed: the beach before and the beach now; before him and after him, before her and after her; everything that happened here will happen here—happens here. 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A moment’s imprudence and then again: here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosefine Klougart \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eis considered one of the major voices of contemporary Scandinavian literature, hailed as “one of the most important writers, not just of her generation, but of her time.” Klougart’s debut novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRise and Fall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, and her third novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOne of Us Is Sleeping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, both received Nordic Council Literature Prize nominations, making her the first Danish author ever to have two of her first three books nominated for Scandinavia's most prestigious award. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOne of Us is Sleeping\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e was published in its English translation by Open Letter Books in 2016. 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The bleak industrial landscape of now-war-torn eastern Ukraine sets the stage for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVoroshilovgrad\u003c\/em\u003e, the Soviet era name of the Ukranian city of Luhansk, mixing magical realism and exhilarating road novel in poetic, powerful, and expressive prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSerhiy Zhadan\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the key voices in contemporary Ukrainian literature: his poetry and novels have enjoyed popularity both at home and abroad. He has twice won BBC Ukraine’s Book of the Year (2006 and 2010) and has twice been nominated as \u003cem\u003eRussian GQ\u003c\/em\u003e’s “Man of the Year” in their writers category. Writing is just one of his many interests, which also include singing in a band, translating poetry and organizing literary festivals. Zhadan was born in Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast. He graduated from Kharkiv University in 1996, then spent three years as a graduate student of philology. He taught Ukrainian and world literature from 2000 to 2004, and thereafter retired from teaching. Zhadan has translated poetry from German, English, Belarusian, and Russian from poets such as Paul Celan and Charles Bukowski. His own works have been translated into German, English, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Belarusian, Russian, Hungarian, Armenian, Swedish and Czech. In 2013, he participated in Euromaidan demonstrations in Kharkiv, and in 2014, he was assaulted outside the administration building in Kharkiv, an incident discussed in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives and works in Kharkiv.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReilly Costigan-Humes\u003c\/strong\u003e is a graduate of Haverford College, where he studied Russian literature and culture. 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Even in this brutish habitus, there is trust, loyalty, and love.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarci Shore, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVoroshilovgrad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is more, however, than an exercise in post-Soviet social realism. There is something deeply mythological about the novel, and, like many myths, it is a story of homecoming. . . . Zhadan’s language is suitably elastic, swinging from the tough, streetwise irony of a Ukrainian Irvine Welsh to flights of ebullient poetry more reminiscent of Bruno Schulz.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUilleam Blacker, \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A homecoming is by turns magical and brutal in Zhadan's impressive picaresque novel. . . . For Zhadan, loyalty and fraternity are the life-giving forces in this exhausted, fertile, near-anarchic corner of the country . . . readers will be touched by his devotion to a land of haunted beauty, 'high sky,' and 'black earth.'\"\u003cstrong\u003e —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"With \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVoroshilovgrad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Zhadan has created an authentic poetics of post–Soviet rural devastation. His ragged, sympathetic characters aren’t the newly rich post–Soviets of Moscow, the urban oligarchs Peter Pomerantsev has described, who “sing hymns to Russian religious conservatism — and keep their money and families in London.” They are individuals struggling to come to terms with their place in history and with the history of their place.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmelia Glaser, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A trippy novel of contemporary Ukraine . . . set far away from the bustle of the metropolis and the Maidan, yet no less representative of the unsettled state of a country unable to transition. A bit meandering—but generally in a good way—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVoroshilovgrad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an entertaining sort-of-road-novel with quite a bit of depth to it.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Orthofer, \u003cem\u003eComplete Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Zhadan’s canvas is large and is filled with bold characters... [he] also tosses into the mix fantastic and surreal flights of prose; poetic descriptions of the still-beautiful parts of the Ukraine, with its rich, black, enduring earth.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWillard Manus, \u003cem\u003eLively Arts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Ukraine’s best-known poet and the country’s most famous counter-culture writer.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—S\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eally McGrane, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Blurring the boundaries between time and space as well as place, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVoroshilovgrad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e narrates the journey of Herman, an advertising executive, who returns to his remote home after years of city living to find his missing brother.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Zhadan is a writer who is a rock star, like Byron in the early nineteenth century was a rock star.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Vitaly Chernetsky, professor of Slavic Literature at the University of Kansas, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVoroshilovgrad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e crosses, with tremendous grace, back and forth between lyrical dreaminess and brutal nightmarishness, and Zhadan works in lots of absurdity… \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eparadoxically both real and bizarre.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Espenschade, \u003cem\u003eLizok's Bookshelf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A fascinating exploration into a post-soviet Ukraine. Not only does it explore the effects of communism to an industrial city, but also the power vacuum left behind when the Soviet Union collapsed.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Kitto, \u003cem\u003eKnowledge Lost\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A dark but funny tale of an urbanite who returns to his hometown to run his brother's gas station. It's a road novel with splashes of magical realism and an embrace of fraternal loyalty. In hindsight, the bleak, disheartening environs and attitudes make it hard not to notice parallels to Trumpian middle America.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJay Trachtenberg, \u003cem\u003eThe Austin Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An entertaining tale . . . Trouble keeps finding Herman, and it's hard not to root for him.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoman Augustovitz, \u003cem\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eVoroshilovgrad\u003c\/em\u003e is a road novel that escapes itself...[it] evokes the notion that the things we may consider nearest and dearest (romantic love, “brotherhood” and even more cynical values like materialism) are, rather than the be-all and end-all, just the tip of the iceberg emerging from the more alien depths of human motivation.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElisabeth Cook, \u003cem\u003eLit All Over\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The book veers from poetic lyricism to brutal realism. And sometimes we get both at the same time, a feat I would have thought impossible, but Zhadan pulls it off.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZoe Brooks, \u003cem\u003eMagic Realism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A strange mixture of magical realism, road novel, and spiritual journey . . . By turns jaunty, hilarious, poignant, and depressing, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVoroshilovgrad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells an important story about the people left in the wake of Communism's collapse, and the ways in which they try to build a future.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRachel Cordasco, \u003cem\u003eBookishly Witty\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Zhadan’s language is wild and powerful. The rhythm structuring his endless sentences demonstrates his beginnings as a poet.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJutta Lindekugel, \u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A generation's manifesto.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiza Novikova, \u003cem\u003eIzvestiya\u003c\/em\u003e (Russia)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Zhadan's prose is so poetic, his free verse so prosaic. It is difficult to assign a genre to his work: memoir, travelogue, timely or untimely meditation — or a mixture of all these, centered on the themes ‘my generation’ and 'our epoch'.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e (Russia)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"One of the most important creative forces in modern Ukrainian alternative culture. He writes desolately, brashly, deliriously, associatively, cleverly and with laugh-out-loud humor and great empathy for his characters...\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKulturSpiegel (Germany)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"There is no summarizing the spicy, hot, sweet, vicious improvisations of Serhiy Zhadan—this is verbal jazz.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKirill Ankudinov, \u003cem\u003eVzglyad.ru\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e (Russia)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTelephones exist for breaking all kinds of bad news. Voices on the phone sound cold and detached. I guess it’s easier to pass along bad news in an official-sounding voice. I know what I’m talking about. I’ve been fighting telephone receivers my whole life, albeit unsuccessfully. Operators all over the world continue to keep track of people’s conversations, jotting down the most important words and phrases. Meanwhile, psalm books and phone directories lay open on hotel nightstands; that’s all you need to keep the faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI slept in my clothes – jeans and a stretched-out T-shirt. Upon waking, I roamed the room, knocking over empty soda bottles, glasses, cans and ashtrays, plates with sauce slopped all over them, and shoes. Barefoot and bad-tempered, I stepped on apples, pistachios and dates like oily cockroaches. When you’re renting you are surrounded by other people’s furniture, so you get accustomed to being careful with other people’s things. Like a thrift shop owner, I kept all kinds of junk at my place. I had gramophone records and hockey sticks hiding under my couch, along with some clothes a girl had left there and some large road signs I had somehow gotten my hands on. I couldn’t throw anything away since I didn’t know what belonged to me and what was someone else’s property. But from the very first day, the very first moment that I found myself here, there was a telephone receiver lying right there, on the floor, in the middle of the room. Its voice and its silence filled me with hatred. Before bed I’d cover it up with a large cardboard box and in the morning I’d take that box out to the balcony. The demonic apparatus lay in the center of the room; its jarring, irritating ring heralding that someone needed me after all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":35509573419171,"sku":"9781941920305","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":35509573451939,"sku":"9781941920312","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/014-Voroshilovgrad.jpg?v=1597090188"},{"product_id":"one-hundred-twenty-one-days","title":"One Hundred Twenty-One Days","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/deepvellum.org\/authors\/michele-audin\/\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichèle Audin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the French by Christiana Hills\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e's \"Best Books of 2016\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of a French Voices Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDebut novel by mathematician Oulipo member layers coded narratives across World Wars unlocking the entangled history of politics and science.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMay 17, 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e9781941920329\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eeBook:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e 9781941920336\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"...rich, tragic, yet playful novel...\" — Nancy Kline, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Formally dazzling, playful and affecting, a new Oulipian classic.\" — Lauren Elkin, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFlâneuse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe End of Oulipo?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis debut novel by mathematician and Oulipo member Michèle Audin retraces the lives of French mathematicians over several generations through World Wars I and II. The narrative oscillates stylistically from chapter to chapter—at times a novel, fable, historical research, or a diary—locking and unlocking codes, culminating in a captivating, original reading experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2017 PEN Translation Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e's Best Books of 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' Picks for \"Favorite International Reads of 2016\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncluded in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRain Tax\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ei’s Fall 2016 print edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“In her use of multiple forms—diaries, letters, newspaper articles, interviews—within Oulipian constraints, Audin delivers elegant proof of the unsolvable.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Susan Harris, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Polymorphous and fluid, the book considers how our lives find their shape, and which details are amenable to history’s telling.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Veronica Esposito, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Audin smartly introduces new figures and new turns to constantly shift the reader’s investment—as we move into the war we’re confronted with the horrors of the concentration camps, but also with those who endured and survived, and we feel the rampant terror among occupied cities but also the courage of those who resisted.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jonathan Russell Clark, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"This is an unconventional novel that has many layers and makes you think about love, history, war, racism, rebellion, caring, and many other things but most of all about telling a story. Highly recommended.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—European Mathematical Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"This weird little puzzle of a novel is about mathematicians in wartime, and it's only the second book published in English by a female member of the Oulipo. Audin, a French mathematician, scavenges different forms and styles (a fairy tale, a diary, newspaper clippings) to create a sort of literary mixtape. Perhaps the best comparison is Valeria Luiselli's The Story of My Teeth—like that novel, it gives you the rare, head-scratching feeling of not being able to say what exactly makes it so good. \" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Gabe Habash, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (Best Summer Books 2016)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"A story about mathematics and love . . . Throughout the novel, there is a clash, sometimes explicit, sometimes implicit, between the icy objectivity of mathematical theory and the messy chaos of everyday life. . . . The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e120 Days of Sodom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, the notorious unfinished novel by The Marquis de Sade, ends in a simple math problem. It reduced all the atrocities, carnage, and outrage into a formal exercise a student would do for homework. Audin performs the same operation, constantly reducing and distilling narrative until nothing remains but pure numbers. Although, since 20th century history and personal love is involved, the numbers are anything but pure.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Karl Wolff, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Audin wants us to think about how our stories get told and how our history gets constructed. She never lets us forget that her novel is first and foremost an artifact; she has put its pieces together artfully, but its unique form ensures the artifice is on display. Audin’s Oulipian constraints implicitly argue that wartime narratives — and ultimately all narratives — are necessarily partial.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Rebecca Hussey, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFull Stop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"This is a novel for those who like a little experimentation in their fiction...Audin uses a different form for every chapter, including letters, fables, psychological reports, diaries, interviews, newspaper clippings, and more. The effect is stunning. If you’ve read and liked other novels set in wartime, you’ll want to pick this up for an entirely different experience of what the fiction of war can be.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (Recommended Book)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Numbers are the markers of human life: dates, ages, addresses, social security numbers, bank accounts, even concentration camp tattoos and prison badges. With numbers we seek to sketch the outlines of—or worse define absolutely—an identity... What is a life of a hundred years, marred and disfigured too young, a life of anger and bitterness compared to the brief four months of a young, passionate love affair? How does one truly measure the value of a life lived? Audin doesn’t presume to answer, but her mesmerizing first novel poses the question with artful grace.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Chris Phipps, Diesel: A Bookstore (Oakland, CA) (Staff Pick)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\" . . . Audin's smart, deeply empathetic text is enriched by recurrences, coincidences, and invocations of European poetry, including Dante's Inferno and Faust, since numbers alone cannot make sense of the war's aftermath: the lives senselessly ended, spared, or quietly destroyed\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (Starred Review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Audin focuses on a handful of top-flight French mathematicians caught up in the two wars, and this type of character, quite rare in novels, somewhat distinguishes her tale from other similar accounts of the tragic fates awaiting brilliant minds. . . . Given the fate of the European Jews in general and, in this novel, that of André Silberberg and other Jewish mathematicians in particular, a strong point is being made: what matters is not emotional connection, but rather gathering scattered bits of fact, piecing some of the puzzle back together, and restoring the identities and thus the full-blooded faces of those whom the Nazis sought to efface. \" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—John Taylor, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArts Fuse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"While not shying from the admission that bald figures can bring us to our knees with despair—just think of the incomprehensibly large numbers of dead in any reporting on genocide—the novel suggests that words turn innocent numbers violent. And it’s the mathematician, finding symmetry in the seemingly senseless, who uncovers the transcendent human stories buried under generations of historical devastation . . . an elegy, an invocation of memory, made all the more bittersweet when told in numbers.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Amanda Sarasien, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Audin’s prose transfixes immediately—bleak, brief sentences that bring to mind other French-language literary luminaries like Duras, Bataille, and Beckett. Audin finds humor in the abrasive and absurd...\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Timothy O'Donnell, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Microreviews \u0026amp; Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e blog\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eI start to write:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOnce upon a time, in a remote region of a faraway land, there lived a little boy. And this little boy was filled with an insatiable curiosity and was always asking lots of questions. The faraway land where he lived was in Africa, in the area surrounding a big river called the river Saloum, and the little boy filled the area around this river with his questions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHe asked his father why the Blacks on the plantation were hit with rods and his father beat him with his leather belt; he asked his mother why she didn’t read her Bible by herself and his mother beat him with her two white hands; he asked the village priest why he drank the communion wine during catechism and the priest beat him with his stick; he asked the schoolteacher why the same number, p, was used to measure every circle, big ones and little ones, and the schoolteacher didn’t beat him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eI must tell you, dear one, that some good fairies were watching over this little boy’s cradle. If there were a few evil fairies as well, no one noticed. So there will be no discussion of evil fairies at this point in the tale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA fairytale is a way of telling a history. The river Saloum, its village, its plantation, its pirogues, and its Flamboyant trees form the setting for this one. The little boy’s parents, his little brother, the fairies, the priest, the schoolteacher, a dog, and a few of the villagers are the characters. The little boy, who lived in this exotic setting at the center of this little world, was named Christian. The good fairies, along with the schoolteacher who didn’t beat anyone who asked him questions, were responsible for the fact that he really loved going to school, where he learned to read books, to write fast and well, to count fast and high, and to ask questions. As for his parents, they thought the time he spent at school was much too long. Because, you see, though his mother liked that he could read the Gospels aloud to her, his parents wondered why it was necessary for him to learn any more. One day when his father was beating him with his leather belt, he said: “Well, you’re not going to become a writer!” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cb\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichèle Audin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is a mathematician and a professor at l’Institut de recherche mathématique avancée (IRMA) in Strasbourg, where she does research notably in the area of symplectic geometry. Audin is a member of the Oulipo, and is the author of many works of mathematics and the history of mathematics, and has also published a work of creative nonfiction on the disappearance of her father, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eUne vie brève\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (Gallimard, 2013), contributed to a collection of short stories, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGeorges Perec and the Oulipo: Winter Journeys\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (Atlas Press, 2013), and edited and annotated an abecedary of Oulipo works, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOULIPO L’Abécédaire provisoirement définitif\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (Larousse, 2014). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOne Hundred Twenty-One Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is her first novel and was published to universal acclaim in 2014 by the prestigious Gallimard publishing house in France. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristiana Hills \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eis a literary translator who graduated from NYU's MA program in Literary Translation, and is currently a doctoral candidate in Translation Studies at Binghamton University in New York.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":35508880638115,"sku":"9781941920329","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":35508880670883,"sku":"9781941920336","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/015-121_Days.jpg?v=1597065244"},{"product_id":"la-superba","title":"La Superba","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/deepvellum.org\/authors\/pfeijffer\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIlja Leonard Pfeijffer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eA master of language, Pfeijffer's autobiographical novel about migration, illegal and legal, in Genoa tells the story of Europe today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/strong\u003eApril 5, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781941920220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781941920237\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"If Italo Calvino decided to make one of his invisible cities visible, the result might look something like Pfeijffer's Genoa.\" —Benjamin Moser\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn absolute joy to read,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Superba\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the most prestigious Dutch literary prize, is a Rabelaisian, stylistic tour-de-force about a writer who becomes trapped in his walk on the wild side in mysterious and exotic Genoa, centering on the stories of migration and immigration, legal and illegal, telling the story of modern Europe. Part migrant story, part perverse travel guide,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Superba\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a wholly postmodern ode to the imagination that lovingly describes the labyrinthine and magical city that Pfeijffer calls home: Genoa, Italy, the city known as La Superba for its beauty and rich history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIlja Leonard Pfeijffer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (b. 1968), a classicist by training, made his literary debut with a poetry collection in 1999 that was an homage to the experimental poetry of his great models, Pindar and Lucebert. In the years that followed, in addition to poetry, he has written stage plays, essays, columns, travel accounts, stories, political satires, and four novels written in the spirit of Rabelais. In his other novels, including his debut, he has toyed with the idea of world literature and divided the critics between those proclaiming him a genius and those who think him an antiquated stylist. He’s a bit of both. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Superba\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published in Dutch in 2013, is Pfeijffer's masterpiece of a novel and was greeted with unanimous praise upon publication, including winning the Libris Literatuurprijs, the Netherlands’ most prestigious literary award, and the Tzum Prize, awarded for “the most beautiful sentence of the year,” which he has now won twice. His most recent poetry collection, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIdyllen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published in 2015, became the first single work of poetry to ever win in the grand slam of the three major Dutch poetry awards: the VSB, Jan Campert, and Awater.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMichele Hutchison\u003c\/strong\u003e (1972) lives in Amsterdam and translates from Dutch and French. She has translated Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Joris Luyendijk, Simone van der Vlugt, Esther Gerritsen and Pierre Bayard, alongside a number of children's books, graphic novels and poems. She also works as an editor and blogger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Pfeijffer’s prose shocks and disturbs, and the reader both rejects what he says and yearns to hear more. . . . While the plot itself wanders, three predominant themes emerge: sexual identity, storytelling, and immigration, each a catalyst for transformation. . . . The book asks readers to reconsider the fragility of their own lives and identities and how easily they can be tested by mere relocation. It’s a sympathetic approach to the hidden struggles that immigrants of all backgrounds in Europe face, and a call to be more open and receptive to those on the outskirts of society — after all, it could easily be you.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Alina Cohen, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“If Italo Calvino decided to make one of his invisible cities visible, the result might look something like Pfeijffer’s Genoa: rooted in the real world of Europe in the age of mass migration, but abstract and mythic enough that the legendary Genoese travelers — Columbus, the Ostrogoths — could still find their way through its labyrinthine streets.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Benjamin Moser, author of \u003ci\u003eWhy This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eLa Superba\u003c\/em\u003e offers an exotic form of chaos and tragedy, and an extremely truthful image of old Italian life in a postmodern city.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Anna Alden, \u003cem\u003eThree Percent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Anti-Europeans will see this extraordinary book as a knowing critique of a spoiled, corrupt, and quarrelsome lot of countries; pro-Europeans will admire its wit and its love of place and history. Inevitably, some will dislike its cruel mockery of intellectual and moral ambitions and its bizarre take on sex and growing old, all of which forms part of a whole, abundantly rich in provocative thought.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Anna Paterson, \u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The stories related throughout\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Superba\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eare attention-grabbing and entertaining, sometimes surreal, and at times downright grotesque. But while flirting with the obscene, the novel’s rawness also manages to strike a sympathetic chord.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Michele Hutchison, \u003cem\u003eAsymptote Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Tragedy and comedy, life and death, sex and love–these are just a few of the themes explored by Pfeijffer in his wise, brave, gripping novel.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Willard Manus, \u003cem\u003eLively Arts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Part travelogue and part migrant novel, this story about down-on-their-luck fortune-seekers and a quest to find ‘the most beautiful girl in Genoa’ is larger-than-life–but, as the author points out, exaggeration doesn’t mean that it’s untrue.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Susie Rodarme, \u003ci\u003eBook Riot \u003c\/i\u003e(\"7 Small Press Books to Read in April\")\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Deranged and hilarious…With a raucous style and barbed wit.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Peter Simek, \u003ci\u003eD Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I love\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Superba\u003c\/i\u003e! No wonder the Dutch author and narrator have both relocated south to Genoa, the city called La Superba. This book tells the amazing, hilarious, sad and pathetic story of modern Europe. Immigration, great beauty, worse ugliness, history, culture, life all figure here. Thank you, Deep Vellum, for bringing this masterpiece to readers here in ‘La Merica.'” \u003cstrong\u003e—Lynn, Valley Bookseller (Stillwater, MN)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An enjoyable—and sometimes very funny—ride. Pfeijffer’s style is easy-going, but the poet in him remains attentive to language throughout: for all the casual feel of the novel, it’s also a carefully, even precisely written one. Good fun.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Michael Orthofer, \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Pfeijffer’s self-deprecating humor and moments of lyricism make La Superba a gem.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Rachel Cordasco, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBookishly Witty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s witty throughout, it’s well written and it’s an ode to the imagination.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNRC Handelsblad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“You read his salutary, pleasure-seeking prose to feast upon language. Bravissimo.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eVrij Nederland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Wonderful.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eHet Financieele Dagblad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eLa Superba\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis finely tuned. The plot is a compelling mix of rich and thought provoking, uncomfortable and beautiful. Pfeijffer’s prose is layered and captivating, the perfectly graceful dance partner to the plot’s unpredictable Voltas. This unique novel is exceedingly relevant, confronting the many sides of the issues—migration, sexuality, space, identity, crime, prejudice, traditionalism—facing Europe today.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eEuropeNow Journal\u003c\/em\u003e Editor’s Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\"Thoroughly compelling and lyrical...The stories related throughout \u003cem\u003eLa Superba\u003c\/em\u003e are attention-grabbing and entertaining, sometimes surreal, and at times downright grotesque. \u003cspan\u003eBut while flirting with the obscene, the novel’s rawness also manages to strike a sympathetic chord.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLindsay Semel, \u003cem\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A pocket edition of Dante’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDutch Foundation for Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An important novel with universal appeal.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLibris Literature Prize jury report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Pfeijffer's enthusiasm about the wonders of the imagination is infectious and boundless.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDe Volkskrant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Pfeijffer’s prose is funny, nasty, sharp, and at once self-conscious and absolutely light on its feet.\" \u003cstrong\u003e– Jeremy Davies, \u003cem\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most beautiful girl in Genoa works in the bar with the mirrors. She wears the same smart uniform as the other girls who work there. She also has a boyfriend who drops in on her from time to time at work. He uses hair gel and wears a sleeveless t-shirt with SOHO on it. He’s a moron. Sometimes I watch them in the mirrors, kissing secretly in the cubby hole where she prepares the small dishes that come with the aperitif.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis morning I saw someone on the Via della Maddelena who’d been robbed. ‘Al ladro!’ he shouted. ‘Al ladro!’ Then a boy came running around the corner. The man chased after him. He was wearing a white vest and he had a fat face and a fat belly. He looked like an honest man who’d learned to labour for a paltry wage from an early age. The boy ran uphill, to the Via Garibaldi, past the sundial and then carried on climbing, up the stairs of the Salita San Francesco. The fat man who’d been robbed didn’t stand a chance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLater I sat out drinking on the Piazza delle Erbe. It’s such a singular place, evening comes around there without me having to organize anything. The orange tables belong to the Bar Berto, the oldest pub on the square, famous for its aperitif. The white tables belong to the trattoria without a name where it’s impossible to eat without a reservation. The red and yellow tables are from various cafes and behind them there’s another terrace, a bit lower down. I could look up the names if you’re interested. I was sitting at a blue table, on the upper part of the square, looking out onto Bar Berto’s terrace. The blue tables belong to Threegaio, once founded by three homosexuals who, after brainstorming for nights on end, still couldn’t come up with a better name than that. I was drinking Vermentino from the Golfo di Tigullio. Leaning against the building on a bar stool was an impressive butch wearing dark black sunglasses. That reassured me, she was always sitting there. Street musicians. Rose-sellers. And then she spoke to me. ‘There’s something feminine about you.’ She ran her fingers through my hair like a man claiming something as his own. ‘What’s your name?’ Her voice was like a docker’s. ‘Don’t worry, I’ve got it. 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In fact, it will make you relive those days in a way that brings all of those insecurities and triumphs vividly back to life.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoug Stanhope\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The text encapsulates the feelings of loneliness and being misunderstood and bullied all while searching for self-identity that are all too common in the teenage experience. At times, the familiar emotions and questions posed by Gnarr’s younger self can be anxiety-inducing for the reader.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHannah Wise, \u003cem\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Jon Gnarr may be best known as the comedian who became mayor of Reykjavik, but he also impresses with his writing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pirate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e recounts his teen years and punk rock's influence on his life.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Gutkowski, \u003cem\u003eLargehearted Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Here we are a delivered a furious mind racing to process and understand in order to solve the riddle of his perpetual position as outsider. . . . Those who found punk as a refuge in their troubled teens and twenties will delight in thinking through our experiences while reading. . . . Give it a read and remember your first all-age hardcore matinee show.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrandon Gray Miller, Professor, SMU\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“From Iceland comes former mayor of Reykjavik’s laugh-out-loud\/fight-back-tears memoir of a fractured adolescence,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pirate\u003c\/em\u003e.….a must-read. Think Holden Caulfield Meets Borat.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Tim Barry, \u003cem\u003eThe Arts Fuse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In my opinion this is one of the most remarkable books to have come out in the last year...Teenagers should read this book, without question...I thought it was simply wonderful.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKolbrún Bergthórsdóttir, Kiljan (Icelandic National TV)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Gnarr the writer does an incredible job of telling the story from a kid's perspective, showing Jón's naivete and idealism, along with poor judgement, tortured kid-logic and blasé cynicism and emotional detachment. . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pirate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is brilliant, heartbreaking and so true to a kid's brain it's painful sometimes, great for adult readers of adult or YA fiction.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarie Cloutier, \u003cem\u003eBoston Bibliophile\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The language is reminiscent even of Thorbergur Thordarson, with his clarity and simplicity. I also find the history of punk in this book very interesting.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigurdur Valgeirsson, Icelandic National TV\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"He’s a bit of a genius, that Jón.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEgill Helgason, Kiljan (Icelandic National TV)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A heartfelt and searing tale of bullying, rebellion and the search for a place to belong in the world. A story that genuinely touches the reader.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFridrika Benonysdottir, \u003cem\u003eFrettabladid\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"...[The Pirate] plainly shows the destructive effects of prejudice and how a lack of realistic options and willingness to understand the boy is soul-destroying and dangerous...The strength of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pirate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the second volume of Jon’s memoirs, is its sincerity: the boy’s point of view and the narration shaped by his inner voice.\" —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrida Bjork Ingvarsdottir, \u003cem\u003eVidsja\u003c\/em\u003e (National Broadcasting Station)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eThe Indian\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A dark memoir full of black humor that details the author’s painful experiences as a child unable to fit in due to struggling with learning and emotional disorders, [The Indian] illuminates the struggles that come from being considered broken. Written with cleverly shifting points of view, this haunting narrative invites readers to consider the trauma of an outcast child.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[The Pirate] is a highly readable book, enormously powerful and particularly heartfelt. …A book not soon forgotten.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKolbrún Bergthórsdóttir, \u003cem\u003eMorgunblaðið\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"By turns funny and despairing (Gnarr had ADHD and severe dyslexia as a child), as well as providing a glimpse into Icelandic culture beyond Bjo¨rk, The Indian is entertaining and enlightening.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCary Darling, \u003cem\u003eFort Worth Star-Telegram\u003c\/em\u003e (Critic’s Pick)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Hypnotic and heartbreaking...Let 'normal' people have their 'normal' heroes. The rest of us have Jón Gnarr, and the world’s a better place for it.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Schaub, \u003cem\u003eNPR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Gnarr’s finest accomplishment in [The Indian], surpassing others in the genre, is the absolute immediacy of the childhood experience…Gnarr returns those emotions—all the emotions of childhood—to their context, adding the suffering of learning them, finding new restrictions, fearing ones you don’t know, and we relate to them once again.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eP.T. Smith, \u003cem\u003eThree Percent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was not on the way to heaven; that much I knew. Hell was my destination, calling on the Department of Psychiatry, unskilled labor, drugs, and Litla-Hraun, the prison. I had long been ready to take my first steps on the criminal path. That was the way to judgement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone knew nothing would come out of me. I was a defective copy. My crime was to be different and to behave differently than required. Still, I wasn’t doing anything to anyone. I didn’t harm anyone, but I was still a threat. I was the punk song on the radio station that otherwise played elevator music for department stores. When people spoke, it was like they didn’t hear the words being said but instead they went on like a pleasantly babbling stream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWas my curse to hear every word? From the outside, from the other point of view, I was like a zombie, but inside I felt like the carnival in Rio de Janeiro was taking place. My brain was like a nuclear power plant producing endless ideas and words. The words were three-dimensional and under each word were sentences, new meanings, possibilities. The words swapped, merged, formed new sentences. The words played on the emotions like a harp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach word had its own sentiment. Nothing was immutable, everything renewed and transformed continuously. But others didn’t see me with my eyes. They couldn’t. They just saw me with their eyes. They lived in prison, but I was outside. I was free, but they were closed off. It was impossible for me to step into prison and leave myself locked inside. And they could not understand that I didn’t want to step into prison because they saw the prison not as a prison but as a home. They were blind because they did not see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJón Gnarr\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1967 in Reykjavík. He formed the Best Party in 2009 and became the mayor of Reykjavík in 2010. His acting work includes the movies \u003cem\u003eThe Icelandic Dream\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Man Like Me\u003c\/em\u003e and the television series \u003cem\u003eThe Night Shif\u003c\/em\u003et, which aired on BBC4. As a child, Gnarr was diagnosed with severe mental retardation due to dyslexia, learning difficulties, and ADHD. He nevertheless overcame his hardships and went on to become one of Iceland’s most well-known actors and comedians, and published the first two volumes in his fictionalized autobiography in 2006, \u003cem\u003eThe Indian\u003c\/em\u003e, and 2009, \u003cem\u003eThe Pirate\u003c\/em\u003e (the third volume, \u003cem\u003eThe Outlaw\u003c\/em\u003e will be published in Iceland in fall 2015–Deep Vellum will publish the trilogy in full in 2015-2016).In late 2009 Gnarr formed the joke Best Party with a number of friends with no background in politics. The Best Party, which was a satirical political party that parodied Icelandic politics and aimed to make the life of the citizens more fun, managed a plurality win in the 2010 municipal elections in Reykjavik, and Gnarr became Major of Reykjavik (there’s a great documentary on Gnarr’s campaign, which introduces you to Gnarr’s unique and inspiring personality, called Gnarr). His term as mayor ended in June 2014 and he plans to use his post-mayor years to continue writing and speaking on issues that are most important to him: freedom of speech, human rights, protecting the environment, and achieving international peace. Now that his term as mayor is complete, he has moved to Texas to focus on writing, speaking on issues he holds most dear (world peace, sexual and gender equality, freedoms for writers and journalists), and performing stand-up comedy again\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":35509428060323,"sku":"9781941920206","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":35509428093091,"sku":"9781941920213","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/011-The_Pirate.jpg?v=1597089052"},{"product_id":"the-mountain-and-the-wall","title":"The Mountain and the Wall","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"http:\/\/deepvellum.org\/authors\/alisa-ganieva\/\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/deepvellum.org\/authors\/alisa-ganieva\/\"\u003e \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlisa Ganieva\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTranslated from the Russian by Carol Apollonio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA rumor spreads through Dagestan’s capital city, Makhachkala: the Russian government is building a wall to close off its Caucasus republics from the rest of the country. Ethnic and religious tensions mount—no one is spared from the consequences. But like a vision in the midst of this nightmare, the image of a “Mountain of Celebrations” appears, a refuge for all those who are tired of the intolerance and violence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e June 30, 2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e 9781941920152\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eeBook:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e 9781941920145\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Never before has Russian literature produced such an honest and complete picture of today's Caucasus.\"—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eKommersant Weekend\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (Russia)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"\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 Mountain and the Wall \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eis a major event in contemporary Russian literature.\" —Ulrich M. Schmid, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNeue Zürcher Zeitung\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (Germany)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis remarkable debut novel by a unique young Russian voice portrays the influence of political intolerance and religious violence in the lives of people forced to choose between evils.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Mountain and the Wall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e focuses on Shamil, a young local reporter in Makhachkala, and his reactions, or lack thereof, to rumors that the Russian government is building a wall to cut off the Muslim provinces of the Caucasus from the rest of Russia. As unrest spreads and the tension builds, Shamil's life is turned upside down, and he can no longer afford to ignore the violence surrounding him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWith a fine sense for mounting catastrophe, Alisa Ganieva tells the story of the decline of a society torn apart by its inherent extremes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlisa Ganieva\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, born in 1985, grew up in Makhachkala, Dagestan. Her literary debut, the novella \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSalaam, Dalgat!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, won the prestigious Debut Prize in 2009. Shortlisted for all of Russia's major literary awards, \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 Mountain and the Wall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is her first novel, and has already been translated into several languages. Ganieva lives in Moscow, where she works as a journalist and literary critic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCarol Apollonio, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, is a professor of Slavic and Eurasian studies at Duke University. Her most recent translations include German Sadulaev'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 Maya Pill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (Dalkey Archive, 2014). In addition to being an accomplished translator, Dr. Apollonio is also a scholar specializing in the works of Dostoevsky and Chekhov and on problems of translation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“A brilliant book, and a reminder that the problem with good speculative fictions is that history has a way of proving them prophetical.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Anthony Marra, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Constellation of Vital Phenomena\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“It’s a really astonishing novel, a knowing and satirical account of the current situation in the North Caucasus, which is, in Alisa’s hands, a mix of medieval custom, superstition, radicalism, capitalism, bling, Sovietica and 21st-century technology: gold-hilted daggers, Lenin statues, mujahideen and leopard-skin miniskirts. …It’s a liberating joyful read, despite the grim subject matter. Alisa is a clever and clear-eyed writer with a strong sense of literary purpose and I can’t wait to read her next book.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Sasha Dugdale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“One of those novels that reminds us why reading world literature can be so compelling. . . . masterfully blends the ingredients of a society being torn apart by ideologies with all the little details that make the nonnative reader feel as if he or she has tasted the local cuisine from a family kitchen rather than a concept gastropub. It is a mass disaster novel as viewed through the eyes of young adults who mostly just want the freedom to dance, listen to music, and engage in courtship behavior, however clumsy.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Rob Vollmar, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Editor’s Pick)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Ganieva’s writing has a kind of magic. . . . The way that the story is told is sort of stream of consciousness, which inserts the reader into the pulse of the action, confronting the fears and frustrations of the people in Dagestan.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Lauren Smart, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDallas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (“10 Books To Read this Fall”)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“The arrival into English of a Dagestani novel is an event with little precedent and as such should be welcomed. . . . An ambitious and informative book.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Natasha Randall, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement (TLS)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“The Mountain and the Wall is a compelling read that masterfully intertwines the politics of the contemporary Caucasus with an all-too-realistic dystopian future. More importantly, the wide release of this work makes Dagestan, in particular, and the Caucasus, in general, more visible to the rest of the world. It takes a snapshot of the complicated political, religious, and cultural landscape that, sadly, very few have taken the time to understand.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Patrick Hall, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInternational Policy Digest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Never before has Russian literature produced such an honest and complete picture of today’s Caucasus.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKommersant Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Though it is the first book set in the region of Dagestan to published in English and the events depicted are foreign to the American experience, at its heart, Ganieva’s compelling story is a universal one of a young man trying to make sense of this crazy world, while making money, sustaining friendships, protecting his family, and falling in love.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Josh Cook, Porter Square Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“The land, seen in its beauty and the depths of the past, is the beating heart of Ganieva’s novel. Troubles may not be overcome, but they might be survived, and that love and the resiliency of a community ever malleable is the path to it. The Mountain and the Wall asks us to love and understand Dagestan, and the ask is compelling.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—P.T. Smith, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFull-Stop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Passionate and stylistically accomplished . . . Ganieva vividly portrays the disrupted patterns of contemporary life, the disjuncture between the rational, modern world and the primitive extremism that threatens it. She harnesses the tropes of apocalyptic fiction: mobile phone blackouts, boarded-up airports, anarchy, the rise of cults, just as Emily St. John Mandel does in the recent bestseller Station Eleven. Like Mandel, Ganieva is less interested in the mechanics of the doomsday scenario than its social and psychological repercussions.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Phoebe Taplin, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRussia Beyond the Headlines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Complex in a nineteenth-century, great-multi-plot-Russian-novel way, especially in the religious and political fervor of the distinctly Dostoevskian crowd scenes that fuel the action; it’s compelling in its topical exploration of Islamic fundamentalism and annexation by or expulsion from the Russia Federation, depending on that nation’s shifting whims, e.g. Crimea and Ukraine these last two years.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Genevieve Arlie, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eM—Dash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Chapters filled with a babbling stream of consciousness form an ethnographic tour de force, and cover a wealth of rich local history, mixed in with traditional customs and their intersection with modern life of the 31 ethnic groups of Dagestan.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Robert Chenciner, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOpen Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“The Mountain and the Wall is a major event in contemporary Russian literature.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Ulrich M. Schmid, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNeue Zürcher Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Ganieva skilfully uses words from some of the 30-odd local languages and fragments of poems, fables, dreams and diaries to evoke this diverse republic sandwiched between war-torn Chechnya and the Caspian Sea.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Phoebe Taplin, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe most widespread and effective news medium was word of mouth. Rumors flew, mutating as they went, communicating mysterious tidings about mad cows in Botlikh, or apricots in Gergebil that all had suddenly withered and died, about an uprising in Mamedkala and Magarmkent, and about a counterattack by the mujahideen, who’d routed separatist Southern Dagestan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“We have no nations, we have Allah!” proclaimed the chorus of voices on TV. “Chechens and Kabardins, Balkhars and Ingushes, Karachaves and Dagestanis will forget all borders, renounce their individual pre-Islamic dzhakhil customs, and rise up as one united Islamic front under the banner of tawhid!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBut other rumors circulated as well—about forces that were rallying in the mountains around the Tariqat sheiks, about a covert plot against the Salafi government, about nationalist fronts preparing a surprise attack, and even about a new movement of militant atheists with a mixed program, not liberal exactly, but not communist either.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe people wandering the streets of the capital would occasionally stumble upon the city’s own decaying flesh. Water seethed up from under the manhole covers; electric wires arched and frayed, flared up and then went dead. Old women scurried around the streets, hunched under propane tanks, and people searching for food hastened to stand guard at the doorways of depleted stores that stood forlorn, devoid of their stocks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlisa Ganieva\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, born in 1985, grew up in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, and currently lives in Moscow. Her literary debut, the novella \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSalaam, Dalgat!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, published under a male pseudonym, provoked contradictory reactions in Russia: astonishment, especially among young Russians, at this unknown part of their country; and anger among radical Islamists at this negative portrayal of their homeland by one of their own. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSalaam, Dalgat!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e won the prestigious Debut Prize in 2009, and Ganieva revealed her true identity only at the award ceremony. Ganieva works as a journalist and literary critic. \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 Mountain and the Wall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is her first novel, shortlisted for all three of Russia's major literary awards, and has already been translated into several languages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDr. Carol Apollonio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is Professor of Slavic \u0026amp; Eurasian Studies at Duke University. Her most recent translations include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGerman Sadulaev's\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Maya Pill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (Dalkey Archive, 2014) and new versions of Chekhov stories. In addition to being an accomplished translator,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Dr. Apollonio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is also one of the world’s foremost scholars on both \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnton Chekhov.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e She was awarded the Russian Ministry of Cultures prestigious Chekhov Medal in 2011 for her contribution to the study of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnton Chekhov’s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eliterature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":35509376843939,"sku":"9781941920152","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":35509376909475,"sku":"9781941920145","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/006-Mountain_and_Wall.jpg?v=1597087870"},{"product_id":"calligraphy-lesson","title":"Calligraphy Lesson","description":"\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMikhail Shishkin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz, Leo Shtutin, Sylvia Maizell, and Mariya Bashkatova\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003eThe first English-language collection of short stories by Russia's greatest contemporary author, Mikhail Shishkin, the only author to win all three of Russia's most prestigious literary awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/strong\u003eMay 12, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781941920039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781941920022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eCalligraphy Lesson \u003c\/em\u003eis the first English-language collection of short stories by Mikhail Shishkin, the most acclaimed contemporary author in Russia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOften included in discussions of Nobel Prize contenders, Shishkin is a master prose writer in the breathtakingly beautiful style of the greatest Russian authors, known for complex, allusive novels about universal and emotional themes. Shishkin's stories read like modern versions of the eternal literature written by his greatest inspirations: Boris Pasternak, Ivan Bunin, Leo Tolstoy, and Mikhail Bulgakov. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShishkin's short fiction is the perfect introduction to his breathtaking oeuvre, his stories touch on the same big themes as his novels, spanning discussions of love and loss, death and eternal life, emigration and exile. \u003cem\u003eCalligraphy Lesson\u003c\/em\u003e spans Shishkin's entire writing career, including his first published story, the 1993 Debut Prize winning \"Calligraphy Lesson,\" and his most recent story \"Nabokov's Inkblot,\" which was written for a dramatic adaptation performed in Zurich in 2013.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMikhail Shishkin\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the most acclaimed contemporary Russian literary figures, and is the only author to win all three major Russian literary prizes (including the Russian Booker Prize). \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/em\u003esaid of Shishkin's writing: \"richly textured and innovative. . . arguably Russia's greatest living novelist.\" Born in Moscow 1961, Shishkin studied English and German at Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. After graduation he worked as a street sweeper, road worker, journalist, school teacher, and translator. He debuted as a writer in 1993, when his short story \"Calligraphy Lesson\" was published in \u003cem\u003eZnamya\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, which went on to win him the Debut Prize. Since 1995 he has lived in Switzerland. Shishkin's books have been translated into more than ten languages. His prose is universally praised for style, and his novels and stories deal with universal themes like death, resurrection, and love. Shishkin has been compared to numerous great writers, including Anton Chekhov, Vladimir Nabokov and James Joyce. Shishkin carries on the tradition of the greatest Russian writers, and admits to their influence in his work, \"Bunin taught me not to compromise, and to go on believing in myself. Chekhov passed on his sense of humanity - that there can’t be any wholly negative characters in your text. And from Tolstoy I learned not to be afraid of being naïve.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMarian Schwartz\u003c\/strong\u003e began her career in literary translation in 1978 with her translation of \u003cem\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/em\u003e, a 1909 collection of essays on the Russian intelligentsia written by some of Russia's most eminent philosophers of the day. In the three decades since then she has published over sixty volumes of fiction and nonfiction, biography, criticism, fine arts, and history. Schwartz studied Russian at Harvard University, Middlebury Russian School, and Leningrad State University and received a Master of Arts in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975. Schwartz is perhaps best known for her prize-winning translations of works by Russian \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eémigré writer Nina Berberova, including seven volumes of fiction (\u003cem\u003eThe Accompanist, The Tattered Cloak, Billancourt Tales, The Revolt, Cape of Storms, The Book of Happiness, and The Ladies from St. Petersburg\u003c\/em\u003e) and one biography (\u003cem\u003eMoura: The Dangerous Life of the Baroness Budberg\u003c\/em\u003e, translated with Richard D. Sylvester). Schwartz's translation of Edvard Radzinsky's \u003cem\u003eThe Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II\u003c\/em\u003e was on the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e' bestseller list for sixteen weeks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeo Shtutin\u003c\/strong\u003e is a final-year PhD student at Oxford and a freelance translator with knowledge of several languages and experience of professional translating and interpreting, as well as work at the BBC.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMariya Bashkatova\u003c\/strong\u003e is a senior at Brown University studying Comparative Literature and Cognitive Neuroscience. At Brown, she writes for the school newspaper and is involved in the \u003cem\u003eAldus Journal of Translation\u003c\/em\u003e. Mariya is an avid reader and enjoys translating Russian and French literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSylvia Maizell\u003c\/strong\u003e studied Russian Literature at the University of Chicago, in Moscow and in Saint Petersburg, and has taught Russian. For the past decade she has worked as a translator from Russian, including stories by Mikhail Shishkin, Vladimir Makanin, Andrei Gelasimov, Ludmila Petrushevskaya, and Dina Rubina. Her translations have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Kenyon Review, Best European Fiction 2011, Moscow Noir, Russian Love Stories\u003c\/em\u003e (Middlebury Studies), \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses, Partisan Review, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Dance Chronicle: Studies in Dance and Related Arts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eWorld\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Literature Today\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e's 2015 Summer Reads\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\"A welcome volume of stories from Russia’s finest contemporary fiction writer, Mikhail Shishkin, full of his typical fusing of mysticism and modernist experimentation.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Sam Sacks, \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Mikhail Shishkin is arguably Russia's greatest living novelist.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[Shishkin] manages to engage Russia’s literary heritage while at the same time creating something new and altogether original.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Shishkin has been described as the heir apparent of the great Russian novelists, and indeed, there are times when he seems to have taken the best from each of them.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Quarterly Conversation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Shishkin tends not to be sentimental or idealistic— indeed, he is usually quite the opposite—and this gives the more positive or transcendent moments extra punch.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSibelan Forrester, \u003cem\u003eThe Slavic Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Shishkin is virtuosic, his subjects move through others' stories in dizzying\/awe-inspiring ways. Incredible!\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaaza Mengiste, author of \u003cem\u003eBeneath the Lion's Gaze\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Though the stories in CALLIGRAPHY LESSON are steeped in Russian history and have a distinctly Russian tone, many of the philosophical quandaries they engage extend beyond language and borders — they are universal problems, and this translation boldly and successfully takes them on.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaroline North, \u003cem\u003eDallas Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Shishkin is fantastically, magically talented.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—J\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eulie Hersh, \u003cem\u003eMusic \u0026amp; Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Compact, and at times riveting to read, this collection delivers a well-rounded portrait of Russian’s most acclaimed contemporary writer.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLucy Renner Jones, \u003cem\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An ideal introduction to Shishkin and his work.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Orthofer, \u003cem\u003eComplete Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Nothing I read about [Shishkin], however, quite prepared me for the desperate urgency of CALLIGRAPHY LESSON, as if its lyricism were only a last match struck against the darkness. His prose breathes life – doesn’t breathe it, gasps it, aware of the perishability of words, of worlds dying in each instant, and us dying with them, as life is beaten out of us second by second.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCynthia Haven, \u003cem\u003eThe Book Haven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Characters with great pathos navigate a distinctly post-Soviet bedlam . . . The collection consists of artfully constructed, empathetic tales of people living in the midst cyclonic time.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJacob Kiernan, \u003cem\u003eNew Orleans Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"I highly recommend \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCalligraphy Lesson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for the beautiful language, moving stories and the emotional characters.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Book Binder's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Complex and allusive . . . juxtaposed with autobiographical – and at times overtly politicised – narratives . . . [the final story] takes us beyond fiction and into the realm of the philosophical essay . . . the collection stands at the nexus between Shishkin’s novelistic output and his increasingly outspoken forays into the political arena . . .In CALLIGRAPHY LESSON, he celebrates art’s – and, more specifically, language’s – capacity to elevate us to the time-annihilating plateau.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeo Shtutin, \u003cem\u003eOpen Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Shishkin’s life-affirming language posits transcendence.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert H. McCormick Jr., \u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Shishkin’s agile, inventive narration reveals his homeland anew, showing once again why he has become one of Russia’s most valued storytellers—and an important new author in the West.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiteralab\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[A] skillful achievement of complex, stylistic prose to evoke poignant themes common to all people, including love, life, family, and death. [Shishkin's] particular style is impressionistic, which matches the characteristics of his dominating theme: language.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel P. Haeusser, \u003cem\u003eReading 1000 Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the beginning there was love, not the word. The child has yet to be conceived, but the mother already loves him. And then, body inside body, love doesn’t need words. After the birth, mother and child still love each other nonverbally. Only with words, when verbal barriers arise between people who love each other, does alienation begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThus, language creates barriers. Once they lost their sacral nature, words turned into a means of misunderstanding. Words don’t mean anything anymore. So you have to do something with these words to restore their original, Divine meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWords are guards that keep out emotion and meaning, sentries at the boundary between people. Either you need to learn to grope your way toward understanding each other, or else be able to escape over the verbal barbed wire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no road to understanding except through words.\u003cbr\u003eWord corpses watch over us. The only way to get past them is to revive them. We have to breathe new life into them, so that love can once again be called love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":35464976924835,"sku":"9781941920039","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":35464976957603,"sku":"9781941920602","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/005-Calligraphy_Lesson.jpg?v=1596661064"},{"product_id":"the-indian","title":"The Indian","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/deepvellum.org\/authors\/jon-gnarr\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJón Gnarr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Icelandic by Lytton Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eJón Gnarr's literary debut and the first book in a trilogy exploring his tortured childhood and adolescence that made him into the man the world knows and loves today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 5, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781941920121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781941920138\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"A beautiful but disturbing portrait of a misfit painfully aware that he's not like anyone else.\" —\u003cem\u003eNPR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormer comedian (and mayor) Jón Gnarr now turns his lens from politics to tell his life story in his literary debut.\u003cem\u003eThe Indian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a highly entertaining and bittersweet literary memoir by Jón Gnarr, the world-famous Icelandic comedian and former Mayor of Reykjavik, Iceland, revisiting his troubled childhood. Diagnosed as \"retarded\" because of his severe dyslexia and ADHD, Gnarr spent time in a \"home for retarded children\" before getting out, only to find himself subjected to constant bullying, leading the young Gnarr to identify with the Indians against bully cowboys on TV.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Indian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the first book in a trilogy that looks back at Gnarr's childhood and adolescence, providing the unparalleled coming of age story of an outcast who overcame the odds and matured into a world-renowned comedian, actor, writer, and politician. Each book in the trilogy is told with the warmth and humor that defines Gnarr's unique personality, allowing readers of all ages to identify with his story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"Let \"normal\" people have their 'normal' heroes. The rest of us have Jón Gnarr, and the world's a better place for it.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Michael Schaub, \u003cem\u003eNPR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"Loved\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Indian\u003c\/em\u003e. Am adding \"lice-rats\" to my lexicon. No one will never know I stole it from the poor people of Blesugrof.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Doug Stanhope, via Twitter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"By turns funny and despairing (Gnarr had ADHD and severe dyslexia as a child), as well as providing a glimpse into Icelandic culture beyond Björk,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Indian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis entertaining and enlightening.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Cary Darling, \u003cem\u003eFort Worth Star-Telegram\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"A dark memoir full of black humor that details the author’s painful experiences as a child unable to fit in due to struggling with learning and emotional disorders, Gnarr’s book illuminates the struggles that come from being considered broken. Written with cleverly shifting points of view, this haunting narrative invites readers to consider the trauma of an outcast child.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"Painful yet intensely beautiful.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Nancy O’Donnell, \u003cem\u003eRochester (NY) Democrat \u0026amp; Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"Gnarr’s finest accomplishment in this book, surpassing others in the genre, is the absolute immediacy of the childhood experience. . . . Gnarr returns those emotions—all the emotions of childhood—to their context, adding the suffering of learning them, finding new restrictions, fearing ones you don’t know, and we relate to them once again. This is the gift of The Indian, the way that it makes the child, our child-self, alive, close to heart and mind, in all his pain and his happiness.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Indian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis brave in this gift, and dares me to be brave too, enough to find the child of my past and make him present.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eP.T. Smith, \u003cem\u003eThree Percent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"A novel about self-discovery in a world where being different is of no good. It is an ingenious and bleak book, cleverly exploring the life of a ginger misfit, with writing that seamlessly blends Jon Gnarr’s comedic abilities with an emotional connection that results in a need to learn everything there is to know about the boy who didn’t fit in his surroundings and wanted to become an Indian.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Denis Barbov, \u003cem\u003eGraphic Policy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Indian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis refreshingly original because it not only speaks to a very specific subset of people who have learned to cope with, or are learning to cope with their learning disabilities, but also anyone who has ever experienced feeling like an outcast or alone in their childhood, aka: Everyone. Gnarr’s story is incredibly relevant to all our lives and this is a book that needed to be written . . .this story of Jón Gnarr, similarly to how it was necessary to write, is a book that must be read.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Eilidh, \u003cem\u003eYoung Adults Book Central\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"As a Psychiatrist I found this book to be amazing. I loved the juxtaposition between his experience and the excerpts before each chapter from various Psychiatrists. This is the best first-person account of the real neuro-biological differences that children with serious learning differences have. This is a bittersweet story but Gnarr's genius is in how he keeps the tone victorious. I loved this book.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Adam Rekerdres via Goodreads\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"A candid, anecdotal, and lighthearted approach to political speeches is what propelled Gnarr into popularity in the wake of Iceland’s 2008 financial crisis. His Best Party, composed of punk rockers, campaigned on free towels in all swimming pools and a polar bear for the capital’s zoo, among other things.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf I find I don’t like the rules when I’m grown up, will I have to stick with them? I’m simply myself. Is there a place for me? I know some of the rules, even if I don’t know everything. I know how to talk better than everyone else. I know plenty. I’m funny. I know how to say entertaining things. Maybe I can tell stories when I grow up. I can tell people stories and take part that way. I’d like to be a part of things. It’s just that I’m a bit weird. I’m not like the others. I’m not good at anything that’s of any value.I feel bad about myself. I don’t feel good inside. I feel so bad that I get tears in my eyes when I think about it. So I don’t think about it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJón Gnarr\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1967 in Reykjavík. He formed the Best Party in 2009 and became the mayor of Reykjavík in 2010. His acting work includes the movies \u003cem\u003eThe Icelandic Dream\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Man Like Me\u003c\/em\u003e and the television series \u003cem\u003eThe Night Shif\u003c\/em\u003et, which aired on BBC4. As a child, Gnarr was diagnosed with severe mental retardation due to dyslexia, learning difficulties, and ADHD. He nevertheless overcame his hardships and went on to become one of Iceland’s most well-known actors and comedians, and published the first two volumes in his fictionalized autobiography in 2006, \u003cem\u003eThe Indian\u003c\/em\u003e, and 2009, \u003cem\u003eThe Pirate\u003c\/em\u003e (the third volume, \u003cem\u003eThe Outlaw\u003c\/em\u003e will be published in Iceland in fall 2015–Deep Vellum will publish the trilogy in full in 2015-2016).In late 2009 Gnarr formed the joke Best Party with a number of friends with no background in politics. The Best Party, which was a satirical political party that parodied Icelandic politics and aimed to make the life of the citizens more fun, managed a plurality win in the 2010 municipal elections in Reykjavik, and Gnarr became Major of Reykjavik (there’s a great documentary on Gnarr’s campaign, which introduces you to Gnarr’s unique and inspiring personality, called Gnarr). His term as mayor ended in June 2014 and he plans to use his post-mayor years to continue writing and speaking on issues that are most important to him: freedom of speech, human rights, protecting the environment, and achieving international peace. 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He studied law and philosophy in Mexico City, and spent many years as a cultural attaché in Mexican embassies and consulates across the globe, including Poland, Hungary, Italy, and China. He is renowned for his intellectual career in both the field of literary creation and translation, with numerous novels, stories, criticisms, and translations to his name. Pitol is an influential contemporary of the most well-known authors of the Latin American “Boom,” and began publishing his works in the 1960s. In recognition of the importance of his entire canon of work, Pitol was awarded the two most important prizes in the Spanish language world: the Juan Rulfo Prize in 1999 (now known as the FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages) and the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious Spanish-language literary prize, often called the “Spanish language Nobel,” in 2005.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Henson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a literary translator and assistant professor of translation at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey. His translations include Cervantes Prize laureate Sergio Pitol’s \u003cem\u003eTrilogy of Memory\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Heart of the Artichoke\u003c\/em\u003e by fellow Cervantes recipient Elena Poniatowska, and Luis Jorge Boone’s \u003cem\u003eCannibal Nights\u003c\/em\u003e. His translations have appeared variously in \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBOMB\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFlash Fiction International\u003c\/em\u003e. In addition, he is a contributing editor for \u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e and the translation editor for its sister publication \u003cem\u003eLatin American Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded in \u003cem\u003eEl País\u003c\/em\u003e's \"100 Best Books in the Last 25 Years\"\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e's 10 Essential Spanish-Language Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"Pitol is not just our best living storyteller, he is also the strongest renovator of our literature.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Álvaro Enrigue, author of \u003cem\u003eSudden Death\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"To call \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Art of Flight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e autobiography, essay, or memoir is an understatement. Life, fiction, memories, and readings intertwine in this book with astonishing ease, and the result is a volume that reads like a novel. Rome, Barcelona, Moscow, Prague, Warsaw, and Chiapas are just a few of the territories explored. Sergio Pitol is one of the great Spanish-speaking authors from recent history, mentor and model for many writers from Spain and Latin America. This book is an excellent introduction to the Pitolian universe.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Saldaña Paris, \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A book as unique and remarkable as its author.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosie Clarke, \u003cem\u003eMusic \u0026amp; Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"One of Mexico’s most culturally complex and composite writers.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Masterful. . . . Known for questioning the limitations of language, Pitol uses \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Art of Flight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to chronicle his young life. . . . He swirls together memories with poetic reflection, in a way that feels at home in America's memoir culture, but without this obsession with nonfiction.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dallas Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Art of Flight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a book bursting with energy and curiosity. It is a collection of observations, set of diaries, travelogue and much more. It defies categorisation and cannot be summarised. Only experienced.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Art \u0026amp; Aesthetics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Certainly the strangest, most unfathomable and eccentric. . . . His voice reverberates beyond the margins of his books.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eValeria Luiselli, author of \u003cem\u003eFaces in the Crowd\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Reading him, one has the impression . . . of being before the greatest Spanish-language writer of our time.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnrique Vila-Matas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Went to bed reading Sergio Pitol's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt of Flight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. . . . So full \u0026amp; rich, I think I'll savor [it].\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaud Newton, via Twitter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The bountiful work of [Sergio Pitol] is one of the most original in the Spanish language.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEl País\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"If you are one of those who believes the experience must be lived to be true, that Alice and the Cheshire Cat are merely words on a page, that Ahab’s biblical diatribes are just hyperbole from the brow of Melville, and that these in themselves do not count as experience—if you are one who does not believe in the transportive and life-affirming nature of literature, than this book is not for you. That being said, this book is for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eeveryone else\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Haber, Brazos Bookstore\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eThe Journey\u003c\/em\u003e] and the preceding volume—\u003cem\u003eThe Art of Flight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—are some of the best to be published by a small press in the last few years.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatt Pincus, \u003cem\u003eBookslut\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Whilst the reflections on Pitol’s life as a writer are thoroughly enjoyable and, at time, gripping, the book also includes a reading list to die for. His influences are too numerous to mention and there are anecdotes about certain influential writers, his own creative journey being altered by certain works, and in-depth analysis of other books. ...A “novel” that covers politics (free trade, unemployment), artistic creation, critics, sociology, travelogue and so much more.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTony, \u003cem\u003eMessenger Booker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“[The Art of Flight] is the most celebrated of Pitol’s novels. . . . It travels through readings—from Antonio Tabucchi to [William] Faulkner and Thomas Mann—through cities, films, notebooks and recordings, melancholy memories, hypnosis, and dreams.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLetras Libres\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Europe, I held various jobs, and at times I managed to survive without one. I moved frequently from one side of the famous wall whose appearance marked my arrival to the other. The thread that ties these years together, I’ve always known, is literature. All my personal experiences, in the end, have converged. For many years, my experiences traveling, reading, and writing merged into a single experience. The trains, the boats, and the airplanes have allowed me to discover worlds that were either wonderful or sinister, but all of them were surprising. Travel was the experience of the visible world; reading, on the other hand, allowed me to undertake an inner journey whose itinerary was not confined to space but rather let me move freely throughout time. Reading meant accompanying Mr. Bloom to the taverns of Dublin at the beginning of this century, Fabrice del Dongo through post-Napoleonic Italy, Hector and Achilles through the streets of Troy and the military camps that for many years surrounded it. And writing meant the possibility of embarking toward an elusive goal and fusing—thanks to that dark, inscrutable, and much-talked about alchemy one comes closer to the process of creation—the outside world and that subterranean one that inhabits us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":35509203730595,"sku":"9781941920060","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":35509203763363,"sku":"9781941920077","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/002-Art_of_Flight.jpg?v=1597087086"},{"product_id":"a-strange-woman","title":"A Strange Woman","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Leylâ Erbil\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Amy Spangler and Nermin Menemencioğlu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe pioneering debut novel by one of Turkey's most radical female authors tells the story of an aspiring intellectual in a complex, modernizing country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/strong\u003eApril 26, 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781646051489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook: \u003c\/strong\u003e 9781646050130\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn English at last: the first novel by a Turkish woman to ever be nominated for the Nobel. \u003cem\u003eA Strange Woman \u003c\/em\u003eis the story of Nermin, a young woman and aspiring poet growing up in Istanbul. 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Maexsen, \u003cem\u003eAsymptote Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Mankind in Ramuz's view can perpetually self-generate instead of self-destruct by embracing an inner beauty that is the source of our self-worth and empathy. He reminds his readers that an eternal state of flux is the only way to uncover those hidden layers and webs of selves, where we can stretch ourselves among others for a more whole and transcendent being.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer Kurdyla, \u003cem\u003eMusic \u0026amp; Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Jean-Luc descends into alcoholism and madness, wandering into the village wearing the helmet of a papal Swiss Guard and carrying a burden that, as the gendarmes chase him into the mountains, transforms the novel into a painful tale of isolation and woe … . Plainly, even matter-of-factly written, the story is a downer but an affecting one that leaves readers wishing that Jean-Luc had had better luck. Translated for the first time in English, Ramuz’s slender story will interest students of early European modernism.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\"Rich with pastoral scenes and the beauty of nature, Ramuz creates an authentic world where everyday people face some of life’s most extraordinary challenges and tragedies. Giving particular attention to the decline of Jean-Luc’s mental health, Ramuz genuinely portrays a heart-wrenching demise that fully envelops the reader.\" \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Beth Mowbray\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Nerd Daily\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":35508740849827,"sku":"9781646050161","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":35508740882595,"sku":"9781646050178","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/Jean-Luc-Persecuted-cover-FINAL-RGB.jpg?v=1596837123"},{"product_id":"at-the-lucky-hand-aka-the-sixty-nine-drawers","title":"At the Lucky Hand","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Goran Petrović\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Peter Agnone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAt the Lucky Hand, aka The Sixty-Nine Drawers, \u003c\/em\u003eis an award-winning Serbian novel that explores what it means to read and be a reader – ultimately acting as a love letter to the power of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e Summer 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781646050147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781646050154\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eAt The Lucky Hand\u003c\/em\u003e is an account of the different love stories that revolve around a very peculiar book: My Legacy, by Anastas Branica. At first glance, this is a book where there is no plot or characters, only descriptions. However, that is what makes it a self-sufficient space, a world that can only be inhabited by its readers, which Anastas has written in order to live, within the book, with his beloved. Through what Petrovic called “simultaneous reading”, it is possible to coincide with other people in the same book, and not only that, but also to live beyond what is simply written. Within this experience of reading-while-reading, participants are able to access a meeting place that is outside of reality. How else can we describe what happens to us when we read with true conviction, when books become life, palpable, manifested, when books become part of our physiology, when love is incarnated in the reading that two strangers perform at the same time, hoping that time will be abolished by the mere fact of fixing their gaze on a page? In short, what the reader of this book will surely experience, along with all the other readers who coincide in the experience, will be a state of joyous stupefaction. Above all else, the book is a love letter to the power of literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiographical Note \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGoran Petrović\u003c\/strong\u003e studied Yugoslav and Serbian literature at the University of Belgrade in the Faculty of Philology. He received the most prominent award in Serbian literature, the NIN Award, in 2000, for his novel \u003cem\u003eAt the Lucky Hand\u003c\/em\u003e. Currently he works and lives in Belgrade. Petrović is a member of the Serbian Literary Association, the Serbian PEN Centre and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Petrović’s novels and books of selected stories have been published in over fifty editions translated in French, German, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Polish, Ukrainian, Macedonian, English and Dutch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"Goran Petrović proves to be a master of lyrical storytelling and dreaming.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Jovan Delic, juror for Ivo Andrić Grand Prize for Lifetime Achievement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"Above all, the basis of the story is clearly that books are life and life is books, with the two intertwining and overlapping continually... Imaginative and most original and you cannot help but be impressed with all the ins and outs of the tale.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Modern Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW213469677 BCX0\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW213469677 BCX0\"\u003e“One could spend a pleasant hour wandering inside nearly every evocative sentence of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW213469677 BCX0\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW213469677 BCX0\"\u003eAt the Lucky Hand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW213469677 BCX0\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW213469677 BCX0\"\u003e...Irresistibly engaging and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SpellingError SCXW213469677 BCX0\"\u003evirtuosically\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW213469677 BCX0\"\u003e crafted, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW213469677 BCX0\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW213469677 BCX0\"\u003eAt the Lucky Hand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW213469677 BCX0\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW213469677 BCX0\"\u003e marries high theory with high drama in spaces so quiet and invisible, that their liveliness takes one completely by surprise.” \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003eAsymptote Journal\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW213469677 BCX0\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW213469677 BCX0\"\u003e“Petrović creates a world all about the passion for books: A series of detective and love stories that revolve around bibliophilic obsessions. 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Styled as a long letter addressed to the man she is ready to leave, she spins captivating tales that create space in the cosmos for the female experience. Her stories invite the reader through a dreamlike thread of strange images and passing characters, from the small incidents of their lives together to the intimate narrative of her relationship to womanhood, crescendoing in a fantastical vision of love, loss, and femininity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the PEN Translation Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e's\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e100 Notable Translations of 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFEM\u003c\/em\u003e is a protest novel, a feminist text written with the fervor of a true poet, a book that registers the pain of women in a still male-dominated world. Beyond its feminist radicalism, this novel’s readers will discover an impressive quality of mind and artistic refinement that attract our empathy.\"\u003cstrong\u003e ––Mircea C\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eărt\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eărescu \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What poetry does in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFEM\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the opposite of over intellectualizing. Cârneci charts how birth, something every mammal undergoes, has transformed and transcended to accompany so much meaning that it can barely be contained by sound or language.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e–\u003cem\u003eBOMB Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, Sarah McEachern\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Cârneci’s work deserves wider international attention...I can only hope that this beautifully crafted publication is just the beginning.”\u003cstrong\u003e —Jozefina Komporaly, \u003cem\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“You know the saying in film studies, “Every frame a painting”? 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Cârneci's own active approach to living in a body, in fact, is exactly what she begs her listener\/reader to adopt, and her appeal is so breathtaking, it's a wonder anyone could refuse.\"\u003cspan\u003e —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/em\u003e, Lindsay Semel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e...Cârneci is, in the end, an original writer and a masterful stylist, whose mastery of language comes vividly across through Sean Cotter’s dexterous translation. Her stylistic ingenuity is felicitously rendered by her translator...Her novel transgresses feminist ideology, proposing a vision that implies a change in human perception, a vision attempting to unify the outside and the inside, the object and the subject of all human experience…\" \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books, \u003c\/em\u003eAlta Ifland \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoet Cârneci’s rich English-language debut records a woman’s dreamlike ecstatic experiences and revelations...Full of strong imagery, this heavily symbolic work is a notable entry in international feminist literature.” \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“This novel is not about plot or character, it is about impressions, images, the beauties of nature, the female body and strange visions.”\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Modern Novel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\"Magda Carneci is a leading international literary figure. So this searchingly philosophical, psychological and yet also brilliantly visceral fiction should come as no surprise. Yet its sustained and virtuoso interrogation of identity, gender and the struggle to become is astonishing. Brilliant, sensual yet also intellectually and politically charged, this is the sort of book that can change lives.\" ––\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFiona Sampson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Magda Carneci is not only a distinguished poet, translator, and art critic but a first-rate novelist, who uses her storytelling gifts in FEM to open new worlds for the silent auditor of her strange visions. The narrator describes herself as “a tamer Scheherazade,” but she is fierce in her quest to charm, instruct, and awaken readers to the particular challenges of a woman picking her way through the maze of modern life. These tales, spun from seemingly inconsequential moments into existential reflections on the nature of everything under the sun, will haunt your days and nights.\" \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e––\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Merrill, author of \u003cem\u003eSelf-Portrait with Dogwood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Profound, mysterious, emotional and gripping, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFEM \u003c\/i\u003eis a luminous and inspiring work of literature by one of the world’s most valuable authors.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Deborah Levy, author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Man Who Saw Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHot Milk\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSwimming Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Hard to sum up in just a few words,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFEM\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a psychedelic novel about the essences of femininity. A poetic prose that left me with the impression that it would fit wonderfully into a new wave of aesthetic oneiricism. 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She is the recipient of prizes and grants from the Fulbright Foundation, Getty Trust, European Union, and more; in 2013, she won the “Opera Omnia” career prize from the Romanian Writers’ Union. Her poems have been translated into thirteen languages and included in numerous anthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSean Cotter\u003c\/strong\u003e has translated many works of Romanian literature, including Mircea Cărtărescu’s \u003ci\u003eBlinding\u003c\/i\u003e (Archipelago Books, 2013) and \u003ci\u003eWheel with a Single Spoke\u003c\/i\u003e, a selection from Nichita Stănescu (Archipelago Books, 2012), winner of the Best Translated Book Award for poetry. He is Professor of Literature and Translation Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he is part of the Center for Translation Studies. He is currently working on a translation of Mircea Cărtărescu’s \u003ci\u003eSolenoid\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":35465094463651,"sku":"9781646050413","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":35465094496419,"sku":"9781646050420","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/FEM_Final_5x8_RGB.jpg?v=1596663546"},{"product_id":"the-tool-amp-the-butterflies","title":"The Tool \u0026 the Butterflies","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Dmitry Lipskerov\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTranslated by Reilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Wheeler\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003eIn this satirical, phantasmagorical novel by a star of contemporary Russian literature, Lipskerov writes about an aging man trying to find his place in modern society despite significant damage to his ego… and his “tool.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/strong\u003eJanuary 12, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781646050390\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eeBook: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781646050406\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDmitry Lipskerov, an award-winning Russian writer compared throughout his career to Mikhail Bulgakov and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, focuses his unbridled imagination on the story of wealthy, satisfied Mr. Iratov, whose virile world is flipped upside-down. 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Thus begins a novel both funny and absurd, in which characters come together across disparate social strata and with differing goals to weave the fate of a universe familiar yet fantastical, a perfect satire of the madness of Russian society today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Tool and the Butterflies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Lipskerov's eagerly anticipated English language debut, is not just a darkly comedic exploration of post-Soviet attitudes towards gender and sexuality, but also a historically and socially grounded narrative rich in naturalistic dialogue and everyday detail, and an engaging story of family and what matters most in life, in the grandest tradition of Russian literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDmitry Lipskerov\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a playwright and author whose novels have been met with international success due to their vivid, intense portrayal of Russia through both fabulism and realism. 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It is this continuous view of a country that seems to be falling apart, only exacerbated by the genitalia loss, as well as the very clever and complex plot, that make this such an enjoyable read.\" \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e––\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Modern Novel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Magic, humor, suspense, these are the ingredients of this demonic bouillabaisse that Dmitri Lipskerov has concocted according to the best recipes of magical realism.\" \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLe Courrier de Russie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSex, vodka, misogyny, Russia of the past and present gives us a cheeky, absurd novel… This is creative satire at its best, while looking for a missing “tool”, which defines a man, is the star of his tale, he may instead set some butterflies free…” -\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLolly K. 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That is until Pavel Šrut handed me one of his two copies of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eČervotočivé svĕtlo\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeborah Garfinkle, \u003cem\u003eRemembering Pavel \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eŠrut's Worm-Eaten Light\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Banned in the Soviet Union for its celebration of individuality in the face of assimilation, this book depicts the loneliness of sameness and the fear of erasure experienced under totalitarianism. 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Found language is collaged with the imaginative workings of a brilliant mind, and the result is revelation, both funny and tragic.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Sharon Mesmer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eZero Visibility\u003c\/i\u003e is a smart, seductive, provocative, unsettling collection. 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As each reflects on their old life and the events since the disaster which has brought normal, twenty-first century life to an end,\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Blue Book of Nebo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebecomes a collective confidante, representing the future of their people and a new history to live by.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this prize-winning and best-selling new novel, Manon Steffan Ros not only explores the human capacity to find new strengths when faced with the need to survive, but also the structures and norms of the contemporary world\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManon Steffan Ros\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Welsh novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, and she is half of the Welsh folk duo Blodau Gwylltion. She has written more than forty books in her native Welsh language. Her novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLlyfr Glas Nebo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (which translates to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Blue Book of Nebo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) won the Welsh Book of the Year in 2019, as well as the People’s Choice Award and the prose medal at the 2018 National Eisteddfod. Her novels for children and young adults have won the Tir Na N’Og prize five times, and her novels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLlyfr Glas Nebo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlasu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as well as her play \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo Faces\/Dau Wyneb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are on the Welsh curriculum for teaching in schools. Originally from Rhiwlas, a village in the mountains of north Wales, she now lives in Tywyn, a town by the ocean, with her family. Manon loves Liverpool Football Club, hiking, and cake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of Wales Book of the Year 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the National Eisteddfod Prose Medal 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e, Manon Steffan Ros’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Blue Book of Nebo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an elegant, elegiac novel that tempers the enormity of nuclear Armageddon with personal, intimate relationships.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Starred Review,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[A] spare and intimate story of a family surviving a near-future global apocalypse...In a time rife with and ripe for stories of the end, this one stands out.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A curiously sweet-tempered novel that finds the upside of global catastrophe.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A gentle, well-told story.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—The Modern Novel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“As 2021 draws to a close, a year stranger than most of us thought it would be, Ros’s quiet faith in quiet things, like cooking and mending, has appeal.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Bethanne Patrick, \"The Best Books of 2021 You May Have Missed,\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[T]he book has resonated across Wales and, increasingly, the world; its dark, moving account of the resourcefulness of hope and love has propelled the book to a special place in contemporary Welsh writing.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Casi Dylan,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The novel is a reflection on parenthood, consumerism, faith, language, and class, seen through the cynical eyes of the mother and the more hopeful outlook of her son. Both are careful to preserve their own truths and protect each other from hurt.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Megan Farr,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld Kid Lit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A tender, tragic post-apocalyptic story, told with great simplicity and power.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—The Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This is a gentle, yet powerful read about how we live and what we pay attention to.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Irish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A thoroughly thought-provoking and enjoyable read, the folklore elements combine to provide a rich tale that’s perfect for both YA and adult readers.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Buzz Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Manon Steffan Ros had created a remarkable story which encourages thought, discussion and further reading.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Library Lady\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Manon Steffan Ros's novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Blue Book of Nebo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eintimately examines a post-apocalyptic world through the lens of the relationship between a mother and child.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Largehearted Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Set in North Wales following a nuclear explosion,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Blue Book of Nebo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis surprisingly different from most post-apocalyptic novels. It’s entrancing and beguiling and full of life. Together Dylan and his mother Rowenna tell a wonderful and gripping story.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Margot Livesey, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Flight of Gemma Hardy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This short, searing tale has arrived in English at an eerily relevant time.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Mary Wahlmeier Bracciano, The Raven Book Store\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An uplifting and thoroughly heart-warming take on the post-apocalyptic novel, this has all the markers of a modern classic.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Lauren James\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An unforgettable story about survival – the survival of a language, a culture, and all of humanity.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Francesca Rhydderch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“As insightful as it is honest.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Mat Tobin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Simply wonderful. Beautifully conceived, written and observed. A story infused with warning and sober hope.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Nicola Davies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Captivating. Raw. Memorable. Heartwarming.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jo Bowers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This is storytelling at its most lean, at its fittest, at its very best.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Gary Raymond\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A profound and deeply affecting novella.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Simon Fisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I loved the fragile tender heart of this story.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Zillah Bethell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This novel gripped me from the very first sentence.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Manon Rhys\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Gentle and tender, stark reality and loss and suffering...I didn’t want it to end.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Sonia Edwards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40185465766051,"sku":"9781646051007","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":40185465798819,"sku":"9781646051014","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/Ros_approved_rgb.jpg?v=1620158058"}],"url":"https:\/\/store.deepvellum.org\/collections\/europe.oembed?page=9","provider":"Deep Vellum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}