{"product_id":"guano-paperback","title":"Guano - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouis Carmain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRhonda Mullins\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1862, and Spain is a little rueful about letting Peru have their independence. Or, more importantly, letting Peru have the guano--white gold--on the Chincha Islands. Sim n is the ship's recorder on a scientific--okay, military--expedition when he meets, in Callao, the mysterious Montse. She asks of him only that he write her letters. Which he utterly fails to do. As military tensions escalate, so does Sim n's unabated lust for Montse -- even if he can't bring himself to do anything about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouis Carmain \u003c\/b\u003elives in Gatineau, Quebec. \u003ci\u003eGuano\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel, received the prestigious Prix litt raire des coll giens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRhonda Mullins\u003c\/b\u003e's translation of Jocelyne Saucier's \u003ci\u003eAnd the Birds Rained Down \u003c\/i\u003ewas a 2015 CBC Canada Reads selection. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis Carmain: Louis Carmain holds an MA in Literary Studies from Laval University. He is now a resident of Gatineau, Quebec, where he works as a civil servant. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eGuano\u003c\/i\u003e, received the prestigious Collegians Award.\u003cbr\u003eRhonda Mullins: Rhonda Mullins was a finalist for the 2007 Governor General's Literary Award for Translation for \u003ci\u003eThe Decline of the Hollywood Empire\u003c\/i\u003e by Hervé Fischer. She has also translated Jocelyne Saucier's \u003ci\u003eJeanne sur les routes\u003c\/i\u003e into \u003ci\u003eJeanne's Road\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.4 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247225979129,"sku":"9781552453155","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NGxCVGIzTmNBZWNkQ1FNRExnbmVTZz09.webp?v=1768621218","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/guano-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}