{"product_id":"planes-flying-over-a-monster-essays-9781646222315","title":"Planes Flying Over a Monster: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of Mexico's most exciting young writers, a cosmopolitan and candid essay collection exploring life in cities across the world and reflecting on the transformative importance of literature in understanding ourselves\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn ten intimate essays, Daniel Saldaña París explores the cities he has lived in, each one home to a new iteration of himself. In Mexico City he's a young poet eager to prove himself. In Montreal--an opioid addict desperate for relief. In Madrid--a lonely student seeking pleasure in grotesque extremes. These now diverging, now coalescing selves raise questions: Where can we find authenticity? How do we construct the stories that define us? What if our formative memories are closer to fiction than truth? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSaldaña París turns to literature and film, poetry and philosophy for answers. The result is a hybrid of memoir and criticism, \"a sensory work, full of soundscapes, filth, planes, closed spaces, open vastness\" (\u003ci\u003eEl País\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646222315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Daniel Salda\u0026#195;\u0026#177;a Par\u0026#195;\u0026#173;s","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44337892196533,"sku":"9781646222315","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a8fb1ab3-cfd3-4eab-8313-153b0be761be.jpg?v=1719329665","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/planes-flying-over-a-monster-essays-9781646222315","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}