{"product_id":"perpetual-law-paperback","title":"Perpetual Law - 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\u003eMario Bellatin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephen Beachy\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Latin America's literary prankster Mario Bellatin: a novella that puzzles from the first page with its liminal, Lynchian atmosphere.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an unnamed country by the sea, a grieving kleptomaniac known only as Our Woman is determined to reach the House. There, she will be able to listen to her childhood voice. As she winds her way through a day replete with odd choices and unresolved conclusions, the losses that define Our Woman take clearer shape, while the circumstances of her world turn more opaque. Inhabitants form poetry salons and line up for measly food distributions. Authoritarian landladies maintain an iron-grip on their complexes, men in blue overcoats roam the streets, and train stations remain deserted. Perpetual Law thwarts convention, casting a mysterious pallor over typical narrative questions: what is happening here, and why? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA patron to all that is subversive and unruly, \u003cb\u003eMario Bellatin's\u003c\/b\u003e work beckons to engage with the reality of borders, linguistic exile, and the types of self-estrangement that can barely be articulated. Translated into English by Stephen Beachy, Perpetual Law is familiar as it is disturbing; enrapturing as it is challenging. It is an important key to Bellatin's complex body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMexican writer \u003cb\u003eMario Bellatin\u003c\/b\u003e has published dozens of novels with major and minor publishing houses throughout Latin America, Europe, and the United States, including \u003ci\u003eBeauty Salon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMrs. Murakami's Garden\u003c\/i\u003e (Deep Vellum). A practicing Sufi, Bellatin has won many international prizes, including, most recently, Cuba's 2015 Jos? Mar?a Arguedas Prize. He lives in Mexico City, Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Beachy\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eGlory Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eboneyard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Whistling Song\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDistortion\u003c\/i\u003e, the twin novellas \u003ci\u003eSome Phantom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Time Flat\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Amish sci-fi series that begins with \u003ci\u003eZeke Yoder vs. the Singularity\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at the University of San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52579027550515,"sku":"9781646053384","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/6c6m8kbAzS9781646053384.webp?v=1761472360","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/perpetual-law-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}