From the author of Lost Children Archive: “Masterful...a novel in which people die many times just to wake up right where they left off.” - The Paris ReviewIn Mexico City, a young mother is writing a novel of her days as a translator living in New York. In Harlem, a translator is desperate to publish the works of Gilberto Owen, an obscure Mexican poet. And in Philadelphia, Gilberto Owen recalls his friendship with Lorca, and the young woman he saw in the windows of passing trains. Valeria Luiselli's debut signals the arrival of a major international writer and an unexpected and necessary voice in contemporary fiction. "In part a portrait of the artist as a young woman, this deceptively modest-seeming, astonishingly inventive novel creates an extraordinary intimacy...Youth, from unruly student years to early motherhood and a loving marriage—and then, in the book's second half, wilder and something else altogether, the fearless, half-mad imagination of youth, I might as well call it—has rarely been so freshly, charmingly, and unforgettably portrayed. Valeria Luiselli is a masterful, entirely original writer.” — Francisco Goldman “Haunting...Luiselli plays with the idea of time and identity with grace and intuition." — Publishers Weekly “Lovely and eccentric...peppered with arresting imagery.” — The New York Times
From the author of Lost Children Archive: "Masterful...a novel in which people die many times just to wake up right where they left off."? The Paris Review In Mexico City, a young mother is writing a novel of her days as a translator living in New York. In Harlem, a translator is desperate to publish the works of Gilberto Owen, an obscure Mexican poet. And in Philadelphia, Gilberto Owen recalls his friendship with Lorca, and the young woman he saw in the windows of passing trains. Valeria Luiselli's debut signals the arrival of a major international writer and an unexpected and necessary voice in contemporary fiction. "An extraordinary new literary talent."— The Daily Telegraph "In part a portrait of the artist as a young woman, this deceptively modest-seeming, astonishingly inventive novel creates an extraordinary intimacy...Youth, from unruly student years to early motherhood and a loving marriage—and then, in the book's second half, wilder and something else altogether, the fearless, half-mad imagination of youth, I might as well call it—has rarely been so freshly, charmingly, and unforgettably portrayed. Valeria Luiselli is a masterful, entirely original writer."—Francisco Goldman "Haunting...Luiselli plays with the idea of time and identity with grace and intuition." — Publishers Weekly "Lovely and eccentric...peppered with arresting imagery."— The New York Times "Reminiscent of Roberto Bolano and Andre Gide, Luiselli navigates a dynamic, ghostly world between worlds, crisscrossing fact and fiction. Few books are as sure to baffle, surprise, and reward readers as the strange, shifty experiment that is Luiselli's fiction debut." ?Booklist One of Electric Literature 's25 Best Novels of the Year
One of Largehearted Boy 'sFavorite Novels of the Year
From the author of Lost Children Archive: "Masterful...a novel in which people die many times just to wake up right where they left off."― The Paris Review In Mexico City, a young mother is writing a novel of her days as a translator living in New York. In Harlem, a translator is desperate to publish the works of Gilberto Owen, an obscure Mexican poet. And in Philadelphia, Gilberto Owen recalls his friendship with Lorca, and the young woman he saw in the windows of passing trains. Valeria Luiselli's debut signals the arrival of a major international writer and an unexpected and necessary voice in contemporary fiction. "An extraordinary new literary talent."— The Daily Telegraph "In part a portrait of the artist as a young woman, this deceptively modest-seeming, astonishingly inventive novel creates an extraordinary intimacy...Youth, from unruly student years to early motherhood and a loving marriage—and then, in the book's second half, wilder and something else altogether, the fearless, half-mad imagination of youth, I might as well call it—has rarely been so freshly, charmingly, and unforgettably portrayed. Valeria Luiselli is a masterful, entirely original writer."—Francisco Goldman "Haunting...Luiselli plays with the idea of time and identity with grace and intuition." — Publishers Weekly "Lovely and eccentric...peppered with arresting imagery."— The New York Times "Reminiscent of Roberto Bolano and Andre Gide, Luiselli navigates a dynamic, ghostly world between worlds, crisscrossing fact and fiction. Few books are as sure to baffle, surprise, and reward readers as the strange, shifty experiment that is Luiselli's fiction debut." ―Booklist One of Electric Literature 's 25 Best Novels of the Year One of Largehearted Boy 's Favorite Novels of the Year Electric Literature 25 Best Novels of 2014 Largehearted Boy Favorite Novels of 2014 "An extraordinary new literary talent."? The Daily Telegraph "In part a portrait of the artist as a young woman, this deceptively modest-seeming, astonishingly inventive novel creates an extraordinary intimacy, a sensibility so alive it quietly takes over all your senses, quivering through your nerve endings, opening your eyes and heart. Youth, from unruly student years to early motherhood and a loving marriage?and then, in the book's second half, wilder and something else altogether, the fearless, half-mad imagination of youth, I might as well call it?has rarely been so freshly, charmingly, and unforgettably portrayed. Valeria Luiselli is a masterful, entirely original writer."?Francisco Goldman In Mexico City, a young mother is writing a novel of her days as a translator living in New York. In Harlem, a translator is desperate to publish the works of Gilberto Owen, an obscure Mexican poet. And in Philadelphia, Gilberto Owen recalls his friendship with Lorca, and the young woman he saw in the windows of passing trains. Valeria Luiselli's debut signals the arrival of a major international writer and an unexpected and necessary voice in contemporary fiction. "Luiselli's haunting debut novel, about a young mother living in Mexico City who writes a novel looking back on her time spent working as a translator of obscure works at a small independent press in Harlem, erodes the concrete borders of everyday life with a beautiful, melancholy contemplation of disappearance. . . . Luiselli plays with the idea of time and identity with grace and intuition." ? Publishers Weekly **__Electric Literature__ 25 Best Novels of 2014** __**Largehearted Boy**__ Favorite Novels of 2014 "An extraordinary new literary talent."—__The Daily Telegraph__ "In part a portrait of the artist as a young woman, this deceptively modest-seeming, astonishingly inventive novel creates an extraordinary intimacy, a sensibility so alive it quietly takes over all your senses, quivering through your nerve endings, opening your eyes and heart. Youth, from unruly student years to early motherhood and a loving marriage—and then, in the book's second half, wilder and something else altogether, the fearless, half-mad imagination of youth, I might as well call it—has rarely been so freshly, charmingly, and unforgettably portrayed. Valeria Luiselli is a masterful, entirely original writer."—Francisco Goldman In Mexico City, a young mother is writing a novel of her days as a translator living in New York. In Harlem, a translator is... A Multi-layered Story Told By Two Narrators: A 21st-century Emily Dickinson Living In Mexico City Who Relates To The World Vicariously Through Her Children And A Past That Both Overwhelms And Liberates Her, And A Dying Poet Living In A Run-down Apartment In Philadelphia In The 1950s. While She Tells The Story Of Her Past As A Young Editor In New York City Desperately Trying To Convince A Publisher To Translate And Publish The Works Of Gilberto Owen-an Obscure Mexican Poet Who Lived In Harlem During The 1920s And Whose Ghostly Presence Constantly Haunts Her In The Subway-she Also Relates The Slow But Inevitable Disintegration Of Her Present Family Life. Valeria Luiselli ; Translated From The Spanish By Christina Macsweeney. This is a story told through two narrators: a 21st-century Emily Dickinson living in Mexico City relates to the world vicariously through her children and a past that both overwhelms and liberates her, and a dying poet living in a run-down apartment in Philadelphia in the 1950s Collapsing narratives and the perils of translation from ""one of the most important new voices in Mexican writing."" (Alma Guillermoprieto).
