{"product_id":"myth-of-pterygium-paperback","title":"Myth of Pterygium - 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\u003eDiego Gerard Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in a vaguely dystopian, yet also realistic, Mexico City--endless traffic jams, relentless clouds of pollution, economic hardships, and the ever-present threat of drug cartels, \u003ci\u003eMyth of Pterygium\u003c\/i\u003e, the debut novella by Diego Gerard Morrison is the story of a struggling poet contending with vision loss, poverty, and what it means to be an arms dealer in Mexico City.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe unnamed narrator of the book, at times referred to as Arthur--in part because of the growing similarity of his life with Arthur Rimbaud's--struggles with the dissonance of leading an artistic life while providing for his family. A failed, penniless poet with a child on the way, he is forced to take a job in his family's weapons dealing enterprise, which he soon discovers is connected to the corrupt Mexican armed forces and drug cartels, who are responsible for the increasing death toll in the country. All the while, the narrator struggles with a growing condition in his right eye, a pterygium, that is slowly taking over his vision, blurring the events of his life, including his wife's complicated pregnancy, extortions by the drug cartels, and his own relationship to his writing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiego Gerard Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, editor, and translator whose recent work explores themes of Magical Realism and appropriation in the context of the Mexican drug war. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wait\u003c\/i\u003e (John of the Thing, 2021), an appropriation of Samuel Beckett's \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e in a setting of Mexican cartel violence and its resulting crisis of forced disappearances, and the novels \u003ci\u003eMyth of Pterygium\u003c\/i\u003e (Autumn House Press, 2022), winner of the Rising Prize in Fiction, and \u003ci\u003ePages of Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e (Two Dollar Radio, 2024). He is the co-founder and editor of \u003ci\u003ediSONARE \u003c\/i\u003eand lives in Mexico City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333262577901,"sku":"9781637680292","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/ZhsAr7uNXV9781637680292.webp?v=1784981260","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/myth-of-pterygium-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}