{"product_id":"and-let-the-earth-tremble-at-its-centers-paperback","title":"And Let the Earth Tremble at Its Centers - 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\u003eGonzalo Celorio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Juan Manuel Barrientos prefers footsteps to footnotes. Fighting a hangover, he manages to keep his appointment to lead a group of students on a walking lecture among the historic buildings of downtown Mexico City. When the students fail to show up, however, he undertakes a solo tour that includes more cantinas than cathedrals. Unable to resist either alcohol itself or the introspection it inspires, Professor Barrientos muddles his personal past with his historic surroundings, setting up an inevitable conclusion in the very center of Mexico City.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst published in Mexico in the late 1990s, \u003ci\u003eAnd Let the Earth Tremble at Its Centers\u003c\/i\u003e was immediately lauded as a contemporary masterpiece in the long tradition of literary portraits of Mexico City. It is a book worthy of its dramatic title, which is drawn from a line in the Mexican national anthem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGonzalo Celorio first earned a place among the leading figures of Mexican letters for his scholarship and criticism, and careful readers will recognize a scholar's attention to accuracy within the novel's dyspeptic descriptions of Mexico City. The places described are indeed real (this edition includes a map that marks those visited in the story), though a few have since closed or been put to new uses. Dick Gerdes's elegant translation now preserves them all for a new audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A scholar, fiction writer, and critic, Gonzalo Celorio lives in Mexico City, where he has been head of UNAM's Latin American Literature Department since 1974. He is also author of the novels \u003ci\u003eAmor Propio\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTres Lindas Cubanas\u003c\/i\u003e; this is his first novel to be translated into English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e DICK GERDES is an award-winning translator based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Rubén Gallo is Associate Professor of Spanish-American Literature at Princeton University and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Mexico City Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, an acclaimed anthology about Mexico's capital city. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52519397130547,"sku":"9780292719620","price":42.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/U2NzUlZaNkhkQlE1S2d5OExNNE5uQT09.webp?v=1760496921","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/and-let-the-earth-tremble-at-its-centers-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}