{"product_id":"a-practical-guide-to-levitation-stories-9781953861627","title":"A Practical Guide to Levitation: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA luminous collection of dryly humorous stories that revel in the surreal and fantastic, from the pen of José Eduardo Agualusa, winner of the International Dublin Literary Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for readers of Haruki Murakami, Julio Cortázar, and Namwali Serpell's \u003ci\u003eThe Old Drift\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVividly translated into English for the first time by long-time Agualusa collaborator Daniel Hahn, the jewel-like tales gathered in this collection are an exuberant celebration of story-telling in all its various forms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the sands of Itamaracá, an old fisherman dreams of fish: shad in the morning, when the water's smooth and silvery, the Atlantic tarpon after it rains, and a jack when the sea goes blue. Elsewhere, Borges sulks away in a plantation of neverending banana tree, and the president of the United States wakes from a coma speaking only Portuguese. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \"the lyrical experimentalism and unabashed weirdness of the surrealist\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Arts Desk\u003c\/i\u003e), Agualusa\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eoffers a sly wink to the fictional quality inherent in all narratives, whether they're fishermen's tales, national histories, or the stories we tell ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archipelago Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953861627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Jose Eduardo Agualusa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42881885601973,"sku":"9781953861627","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_765e444c-f036-4241-bb23-5d93c3573055.jpg?v=1685419365","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-practical-guide-to-levitation-stories-9781953861627","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}