{"product_id":"canoes-9781953861962","title":"Canoes","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eEastbound\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Book of 2023 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA colorful cast of female characters contends with UFOs, sonic waves, and the legend of Buffalo Bill in a spellbinding novella and 7 short stories about the mysteries of place and language \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The translation of any of Maylis de Kerangal's books is a gift.\" -- Lauren Oyler, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRicocheting off of the book's exhilarating central novella and 7 short stories, the women we meet in \u003ci\u003eCanoes \u003c\/i\u003eare by turns indelibly witty, insightful, intimate, bracing, and profoundly interconnected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"When did I start placing myself in the fable?\" a young Parisian wonders as she tells her son the legend of Buffalo Bill, a spectral presence atop the mountain in their small Colorado town. She has just moved to the United States and everything disorients her - suburbs stretching along reptilian highways, a new house rigged like a studio set, but most of all, the sound of her husband's voice. Sam speaks with a different tone in English, not the soft and swift timbre of his native French. From a voice made new, Maylis de Kerangal opens up a torrent of curiosities, hauntings, and questions about place and language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe women of these stories are mad about: stones, molds of human jaws, voicemail recordings, sonic waves, UFOs, and always how the texture of human voice entwines with their obsessions. With cosmic harmonics, vivid imagery, and a revelatory composition, \u003ci\u003eCanoes \u003c\/i\u003ewill leave readers forever altered.\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 10\/29\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953861962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Maylis De Kerangal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44608428015797,"sku":"9781953861962","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_29a154c3-dd26-41db-9805-2bd538efe850.jpg?v=1725374820","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/canoes-9781953861962","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}