{"product_id":"once-upon-argentina-paperback","title":"Once Upon Argentina - 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\u003eAndrés Neuman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNick Caistor\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eGarcia Lorenza\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnce Upon Argentina\u003c\/i\u003e tells the sentimental and political story of a family that comes from everywhere, and of a country's wandering, migratory culture\u003c\/p\u003e In the beginning it was Jacobo, born in tsarist Russia, who fled to Buenos Aires and married a young Lithuanian woman named Lidia. Or was it René, a French sculptor who knelt before no one, and his wife Louise Blanche, who left France only to end up in a remote town in northern Argentina. Descended from these colorful, half-forgotten character, the young narrator of this novel employs dazzling prose to construct a journey through a family tree populated with endearing, eccentric, unforgettable figures, along with an intelligent and personal account of the construction of contemporary Argentina, from Yrigoyen to Menem, through Peronism and the nightmare of dictatorships. These stories intersect, intertwining like a set of \u003cem\u003eMatryoshka dolls\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eor hall of mirrors, letting the personal and political histories of the twentieth century reflect off of one another. With extraordinary delicacy and intensity that combines elegy, tragedy, and humor, Andrés Neuman unpacks a territory as real as it is fantastic, as strange as it is our own.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrés Neuman\u003c\/b\u003e (1977) was selected as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists and was included on the Bogotá-39 list. He is the author of numerous novels, short stories, poems, aphorisms, and travel books, including \u003ci\u003eTraveler of the Century, Talking to Ourselves, The Things We Don't Do\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSensitive Anatomy, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFracture\u003c\/i\u003e. His works have been translated into twenty-two languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Caistor is a prolific British translator and journalist, best known for his translations of Spanish and Portuguese literature. He is a past winner of the Valle-Inclán Prize for translation and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4, Times Literary Supplement, and the Guardian. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLorenza Garcia has lived for extended periods in Spain, France, and Iceland. Since 2007, she has translated over a dozen novels and works of non-fiction from French and Spanish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50314488021229,"sku":"9781960385116","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/F_by_SVjgC9781960385116.webp?v=1784661759","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/once-upon-argentina-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}