{"product_id":"the-extinction-of-irena-rey-paperback","title":"The Extinction of Irena Rey - 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\u003eJennifer Croft\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER * NAMED A \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e ELLE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTOWN \u0026amp; COUNTRY, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eELECTRIC LITERATURE, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLIBRARY JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCRIMEREADS, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDOCUMENT JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e, AND WORDS WITHOUT BORDERS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e* \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A MUST READ BY NPR, \u003ci\u003ePEOPLE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVANITY FAIR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNYLON\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eALTA JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e, AND \u003ci\u003eDEBUTIFUL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Booker Prize-winning translator and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomen's Prize finalist Jennifer Croft's madly brilliant \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emystery novel of transformation and translation in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEurope's last great wilderness.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Savvy, sly, and hard to classify. A bacchanal.\" -\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fiercely inventive.\" -\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eKnives Out\u003c\/i\u003e on mushrooms.\" -\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Could only be written by master of language, a tamer of different tongues. It is brilliant, fun, and absolutely alive.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEight translators gather in the primeval forest home of the world-renowned Irena Rey. They are there to translate her magnum opus together, but within days of their arrival, Irena disappears. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe translators embark on a frantic search, delving into ancient woods filled with strange flora, fauna, and fungi and examining her enigmatic texts and belongings for clues. But doing so reveals secrets they are utterly unprepared for, and they quickly find themselves tangled up in a web of rivalries and desires that threaten not only their work, but the fate of their beloved author herself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Croft\u003c\/b\u003e won a Guggenheim Fellowship for this novel, the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for her memoir \u003ci\u003eHomesick, \u003c\/i\u003eand the International Booker Prize for her translation of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk's \u003ci\u003eFlights.\u003c\/i\u003e She is the translator of Federico Falco's \u003ci\u003eA Perfect Cemetery\u003c\/i\u003e, Romina Paula's \u003ci\u003eAugust\u003c\/i\u003e, Pedro Mairal's \u003ci\u003eThe Woman from Uruguay\u003c\/i\u003e, and Olga Tokarczuk's \u003ci\u003eThe Books of Jacob\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. She lives in Tulsa and Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 8.39 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52580359602483,"sku":"9781639736393","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/zX6os7hhKd9781639736393.webp?v=1761512041","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-extinction-of-irena-rey-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}