{"product_id":"coda-paperback","title":"Coda - 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\u003eRené Belletto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlyson Waters\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is to me that we owe our immortality, and this is the story that proves it beyond all doubt.\" With this sentence René Belletto begins a novel that compresses every genre he has worked in--thriller, science fiction, experimental literature, horror--into one breathless narrative in which what is at stake is nothing less than our own immortality.\u003cbr\u003e Playing with the expectations of the reader, Belletto constructs a logical puzzle that defies logic, much like the \"almost-perpetual motion machine\" invented by the narrator of this novel and his father. What sets the story in (perpetual) motion is a package of frozen seafood. This lowly mechanism triggers a series of picaresque and otherworldly events, from the storyteller's meeting with Fate disguised as a beautiful woman, to the kidnapping of his daughter, to his amorous reunion with the younger half-sister of a high school friend, to the elimination of death from the world. It's a funny business, but Belletto's playful and falsely transparent language opens the book to such serious matters as explorations of death, immortality, love, and the innocence of children. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRené Belletto was born in France in 1945. His first book, \u003ci\u003eLe Temps mort\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Prix Jean Ray for fantasy literature, his novel \u003ci\u003eSur le terre comme au ciel\u003c\/i\u003e won the Grand Prix for fiction, and his novel \u003ci\u003eL'Enfer\u003c\/i\u003e won the Prix Fémina. Alyson Waters teaches translation at Yale University. She has translated multiple books, including Vassilis Alexakis's \u003ci\u003eForeign Words\u003c\/i\u003e and Albert Cossery's \u003ci\u003eA Splendid Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e. Stacey Levine is the author of four works of fiction, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl with Brown Fur: Tales and Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 8.02 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50394351501549,"sku":"9780803224414","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/nU5Um7CT5R9780803224414.webp?v=1785840543","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/coda-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}