{"product_id":"the-journey-paperback-4","title":"The Journey - 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\u003eSergio Pitol\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Henson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eÁlvaro Enrigue\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading Pitol, one has the impression of being before the greatest writer in the Spanish language in our time\u003c\/i\u003e.-- \u003cb\u003eEnrique Vila-Matas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Journey\u003c\/i\u003e features one of the world's master storytellers at work as he skillfully recounts two weeks of travel around the Soviet Union in 1986. From the first paragraph, Sergio Pitol dislocates the sense of reality, masterfully and playfully blurring the lines between fiction and fact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis adventurous story, based on the author's own travel journals, parades through some of the territories that the author lived in and traveled through (Prague, the Caucasus, Moscow, Leningrad) as he reflects on the impact of Russia's sacred literary pantheon in his life and the power that literature holds over us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, the second work in Pitol's remarkable Trilogy of Memory (which Deep Vellum is publishing in its entirety), which won him the prestigious Cervantes Prize in 2005 and inspired the newest generation of Spanish-language writers, represents the perfect example of one of the world's greatest authors at the peak of his power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSergio Pitol Demeneghi is one of Mexico's most acclaimed writers, born in the city of Puebla in 1933. He studied law and philosophy in Mexico City. He is renowned for his intellectual career in both the field of literary creation and translation, and is renowned for his work in the promotion of Mexican culture abroad, which he achieved during his long service as a cultural attaché in Mexican embassies and consulates across the globe. He has lived perpetually on the run: he was a student in Rome, a translator in Beijing and Barcelona, a university professor in Xalapa and Bristol, and a diplomat in Warsaw, Budapest, Paris, Moscow and Prague. Pitol is a contemporary of the most famous authors of the Latin American \"Boom,\" and began publishing novels, stories, criticism, and translations in the 1960s. In recognition of the importance of his entire canon of work, Pitol was awarded the two most important prizes in the Spanish language world: the Juan Rulfo Prize in 1999 (now known as the FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages), and in 2005 he won the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary prize in the Spanish language world, often called the \"Spanish language Nobel.\" Deep Vellum will publish Pitol's Trilogy of Memory in full in 2014-2015 (The Art of Flight; The Journey; The Magician of Vienna), marking the first appearance of any of Pitol's books in English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Henson\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator and assistant professor of translation at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey. His translations include Cervantes Prize laureate Sergio Pitol's Trilogy of Memory, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of the Artichoke\u003c\/i\u003e by fellow Cervantes recipient Elena Poniatowska, and Luis Jorge Boone's \u003ci\u003eCannibal Nights\u003c\/i\u003e. His translations have appeared variously in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Review, \u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFlash Fiction International\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition, he is a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e and the translation editor for its sister publication \u003ci\u003eLatin American Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185407049977,"sku":"9781941920183","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bGtrQzhORU9BZVJlQ1ZsWUlOR3doZz09_66b048de-a84f-46f4-a876-e7639e8c2dbe.webp?v=1767812756","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-journey-paperback-4","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}