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Jose Eduardo Agualusa A Practical Guide To Levitation (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- Practical Guide to Levitation : Stories
- Publication Name
- A Practical Guide To Levitation
- Title
- A Practical Guide To Levitation
- Subtitle
- Stories
- Translator
- Daniel Hahn
- Contributor
- Daniel Hahn (Translated by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1953861628
- EAN
- 9781953861627
- ISBN
- 9781953861627
- Publisher
- Steerforth Press
- Genre
- Fiction
- Release Date
- 08/08/2023
- Release Year
- 2023
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 6.5in
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Topic
- Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
- Item Width
- 5.6in
- Item Weight
- 9.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Vividly translated into English for the first time by long-time Agualusa collaborator Daniel Hahn, the jewel-like tales gathered in this collection are an exuberant celebration of story-telling in all its various forms. On the sands of Itamaraca, an old fisherman dreams of fish: shad in the morning, when the water's smooth and silvery, the Atlantic tarpon after it rains, and a jack when the sea goes blue. Elsewhere, Borges sulks away in a plantation of neverending banana tree, and the president of the United States wakes from a coma speaking only Portuguese. With 'the lyrical experimentalism and unabashed weirdness of the surrealist' (The Arts Desk), Agualusa offers a sly wink to the fictional quality inherent in all narratives, whether they're fishermen's tales, national histories, or the stories we tell ourselves.
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Publisher
Steerforth Press
ISBN-10
1953861628
ISBN-13
9781953861627
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16058364556
Product Key Features
Book Title
Practical Guide to Levitation : Stories
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
6.5in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
9.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pq9929.A39m3613 2023
Reviews
"This astonishing collection by Angolan writer Agualusa brims with imagination . . . Often mordantly funny . . . Agualusa's wondrous tales balance fantasy with skillful historical storytelling and a palpable distaste for the politics of oppression." - Publishers Weekly , starred review " A Practical Guide to Levitation brings together thirty of José Eduardo Aguaulusa's short stories, some written just last year and some so old he doesn't remember writing them. Naturally, there is a real variety to be found here . . . Agualusa's literary idols pop us as characters . . . The stories . . . are brought together by abstract and metaphysical topics, with the backdrop of colonization and civil war everpresent." - Colm McKenna, New Pages "When a collection opens with a story called "Borges in Hell," you might expect to have an idea of the book's contents. And yes, this does begin with a tale of a certain influential writer realizing that he is in the wrong afterlife--establishing concepts of metaphysics, surrealism, and literary history that run throughout the book. But these stories also vary dramatically in tone, from stark realism to trips into the satirical uncanny. It's a memorable showcase of one writer's range." - Tobias Carroll, Words Without Borders "Agualusa's amused take on eccentric behaviors and unaccountable obsesssions - his tone of momentary acceptance of the weird or uncanny in ordinary encounters - reminds me of the crónica genre in Spanish- and Portuguese-language newspapers . . . From beginning to end, each story here sparkles with wit, empathy, and blunt honesty. " - Ron Slate, On the Seawall, "This astonishing collection by Angolan writer Agualusa brims with imagination . . . Often mordantly funny . . . Agualusa's wondrous tales balance fantasy with skillful historical storytelling and a palpable distaste for the politics of oppression." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review " A Practical Guide to Levitation brings together thirty of José Eduardo Aguaulusa's short stories, some written just last year and some so old he doesn't remember writing them. Naturally, there is a real variety to be found here . . . Agualusa's literary idols pop us as characters . . . The stories . . . are brought together by abstract and metaphysical topics, with the backdrop of colonization and civil war everpresent." --Colm McKenna, New Pages "When a collection opens with a story called "Borges in Hell," you might expect to have an idea of the book's contents. And yes, this does begin with a tale of a certain influential writer realizing that he is in the wrong afterlife--establishing concepts of metaphysics, surrealism, and literary history that run throughout the book. But these stories also vary dramatically in tone, from stark realism to trips into the satirical uncanny. It's a memorable showcase of one writer's range." --Tobias Carroll, Words Without Borders, "This astonishing collection by Angolan writer Agualusa brims with imagination . . . Often mordantly funny . . . Agualusa's wondrous tales balance fantasy with skillful historical storytelling and a palpable distaste for the politics of oppression." - Publishers Weekly , starred review " A Practical Guide to Levitation brings together thirty of José Eduardo Aguaulusa's short stories, some written just last year and some so old he doesn't remember writing them. Naturally, there is a real variety to be found here . . . Agualusa's literary idols pop us as characters . . . The stories . . . are brought together by abstract and metaphysical topics, with the backdrop of colonization and civil war everpresent." - Colm McKenna, New Pages "When a collection opens with a story called "Borges in Hell," you might expect to have an idea of the book's contents. And yes, this does begin with a tale of a certain influential writer realizing that he is in the wrong afterlife--establishing concepts of metaphysics, surrealism, and literary history that run throughout the book. But these stories also vary dramatically in tone, from stark realism to trips into the satirical uncanny. It's a memorable showcase of one writer's range." - Tobias Carroll, Words Without Borders "Agualusa's amused take on eccentric behaviors and unaccountable obsesssions - his tone of momentary acceptance of the weird or uncanny in ordinary encounters - reminds me of the crónica genre in Spanish- and Portuguese-language newspapers . . . From beginning to end, each story here sparkles with wit, empathy, and blunt honesty. " - Ron Slate, On the Seawall "Mysterious events in Agualusa's stories reveal a kinship with García Márquez, whereas events of mysterious ambiguity fall into Bolaño's camp . . . Daniel Hahn's translation successfully conveys that straight-faced equanimity needed for staring absurdities in the eyes ." -- Tom Bowden, The Book Beat, " A Practical Guide to Levitation brings together thirty of José Eduardo Aguaulusa's short stories, some written just last year and some so old he doesn't remember writing them. Naturally, there is a real variety to be found here . . . Agualusa's literary idols pop us as characters . . . The stories . . . are brought together by abstract and metaphysical topics, with the backdrop of colonization and civil war everpresent." --Colm McKenna, New Pages "When a collection opens with a story called "Borges in Hell," you might expect to have an idea of the book's contents. And yes, this does begin with a tale of a certain influential writer realizing that he is in the wrong afterlife--establishing concepts of metaphysics, surrealism, and literary history that run throughout the book. But these stories also vary dramatically in tone, from stark realism to trips into the satirical uncanny. It's a memorable showcase of one writer's range." --Tobias Carroll, Words Without Borders
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