{"product_id":"the-living-and-the-rest-9781962770200","title":"The Living and the Rest","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Cross J.M. Coetzee with Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez and you've got Jos? Eduardo Agualusa, Portugal's next candidate for the Nobel Prize\" -- Alan Kaufman, author of \u003ci\u003eMatches\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA thrilling tale that considers how the mind bends when the known world ends in a storm's flash \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Fiction in Translation Book of the Year and Winner of the Portuguese PEN Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA funny and lively tale about a group of writers stranded at a literary festival turns increasingly ominous as it explores the nature of life and of time, and the extraordinary power of imagination and the written word. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWriters from across Africa descend on the Isle of Mozambique to participate in the island's first literary festival. When a sudden cyclone strikes the land, they are cut off from the mainland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne writer wakes from sleep with lines running through her head, reaching for a small red notebook with \u003ci\u003edream trash\u003c\/i\u003e written on the cover. Another posts a picture of a writing desk gleaming in the ancient light of the Captains-General Palace, now a museum. The caption: \"If I had a desk like this, I'm sure I'd write more. I'm sure I'd write better.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgualusa traces their conversations as they wonder together whether the world they know has ended, and what, real or imagined, might come next. They talk, and set pens to paper, in this sometimes-surreal tale of how the physical world is changing rapidly around us and how we can (and must) forge new contexts.\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 05\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781962770200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\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 01\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jose Eduardo Agualusa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45169533485237,"sku":"9781962770200","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6d9d6b94-e7c2-43d9-a75c-78d221e79ae2.jpg?v=1741703487","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-living-and-the-rest-9781962770200","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}