{"product_id":"the-fat-man-and-infinity-and-other-writings-9780393061987","title":"The Fat Man and Infinity: And Other Writings","description":"António Lobo Antunes's sole ambition from the age of seven was to be a writer. Here, in \u003cem\u003eThe Fat Man and Infinity\u003c\/em\u003e, \"the heir to Conrad and Faulkner\" (George Steiner) reflects on the fractured paradise of his childhood--the world of prim, hypocritical, class-riven Lisbon in midcentury. His Proust-like memoirs, written over thirty years in chronicle form, pass through the filter of an adult who has known war and pain, and bear witness to the people whom he loved and who have gone into the dark. Stunningly translated by Margaret Jull Costa, in prose that glides like poetry, this is a modern-day chronicle of Portugal's imperfect past and arresting present, seen through the eyes of a master fiction writer, one on a short list to win a Nobel Prize. Readers particularly touched by Frank McCourt's \u003cem\u003eAngela's Ashes\u003c\/em\u003e will be drawn to this journey into the heart of one of our greatest living writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393061987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 1233\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2009 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/04\/2009 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ant\u0026#195;\u0026#179;nio Lobo Antunes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604371239093,"sku":"9780393061987","price":47.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-fat-man-and-infinity-and-other-writings-9780393061987","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}