{"product_id":"a-musical-offering-paperback","title":"A Musical Offering - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuis Sagasti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFionn Petch\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lyrical celebration of storytelling, of childhood, and of the transformative power of music.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing a circular course that echoes Bach's \u003cem\u003eGoldberg Variations\u003c\/em\u003e, Luis Sagasti's second book to appear in English takes the guise of a musical scheherazade, recounting story after story, vibrating to celestial harmonies. From the music born of the sun to the music sent into space on the \u003cem\u003eVoyager\u003c\/em\u003e mission, from Rothko to rock music, from the composers of the concentration camps to a weeping room for Argentinian conscripts in the Falklands, \u003cem\u003eA Musical Offering\u003c\/em\u003e traverses the shifting sands of fiction and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuis Sagasti\u003c\/strong\u003e, a writer, lecturer and art critic, was born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina in 1963. He studied History at the Universidad Nacional del Sur, where he now teaches. From 1995 to 2003 he was a curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Bahía Blanca, authoring numerous art catalogues for exhibitions. As well as \u003cem\u003eFireflies\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Musical Offering\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Charco, he has several other novels: \u003cem\u003eEl Canon de Leipzig\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), \u003cem\u003eLos Mares de la luna\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), \u003cem\u003eMaelstrom\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), \u003cem\u003eLeyden Ltd.\u003c\/em\u003e (2019)__ -__ a book composed entirely of footnotes - and most recently \u003cem\u003eLenguas vivas\u003c\/em\u003e (2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFionn Petch\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Scottish-born translator working from Spanish, Italian and French into English. He lived in Mexico City for 12 years, where he completed a PhD in Philosophy at the UNAM. His translations of Latin American literature for Charco Press have been widely acclaimed. \u003cem\u003eFireflies\u003c\/em\u003e by Luis Sagasti was shortlisted for the Translators' Association First Translation Award 2018. \u003cem\u003eThe Distance Between Us\u003c\/em\u003e by Renato Cisneros received an English PEN Award in 2018. \u003cem\u003eA Musical Offering\u003c\/em\u003e, also by Luis Sagasti, was shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2021 and won the Society of Authors Premio Valle Inclán 2021 for best translation from Spanish. He now lives in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 117\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334748147949,"sku":"9781999368456","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/EKsyHwq-FF9781999368456.webp?v=1785021313","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/a-musical-offering-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}