{"product_id":"faces-in-the-crowd-paperback","title":"Faces in the Crowd - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eValeria Luiselli\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChristina Macsweeney\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young mother in Mexico City, captive to a past that both overwhelms and liberates her, and a house she cannot abandon nor fully occupy, writes a novel of her days as a translator living in New York.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young translator, adrift in Harlem, is desperate to translate and publish the works of Gilberto Owen, an obscure Mexican poet who lived in Harlem during the 1920s, and whose ghostly presence haunts her in the city's subways. And Gilberto Owen, dying in Philadelphia in the 1950s, convinced he is slowly disappearing, recalls his heyday decades before, his friendships with Nella Larsen, Louis Zukofsky, and Federico Garcia Lorca, and the young woman in a red coat he saw in the windows of passing trains. As the voices of the narrators overlap and merge, they drift into one single stream, an elegiac evocation of love and loss.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eValeria Luiselli\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Mexico City in 1983 and grew up in South Africa. Her novel and essays have been translated into many languages and her work has appeared in publications including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney'\u003c\/i\u003es. Some of her recent projects include a ballet libretto for the choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, performed by the New York City Ballet in Lincoln Center in 2010; a pedestrian sound installation for the Serpentine Gallery in London; and a novella in installments for workers in a juice factory in Mexico. She lives in New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristina MacSweeney was awarded the 2016 Valle Inclán Translation Prize for her translations of Valeria Luiselli'sThe Story of My Teeth, and her translations of Daniel Saldaña París's novel \u003ci\u003eAmong Strange Victims\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist in the 2017 Best Translated Book Award. In 2017 she published a translation of Elvira Navarro's \u003ci\u003eA Working Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, followed in 2018 by \u003ci\u003eEmpty Set\u003c\/i\u003e (Verónica Gerber Bicecci), and \u003ci\u003eTomb Song\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Pain of Others\u003c\/i\u003e (Julián Herbert), all of which have received critical acclaim. Her work has also been included in various anthologies of Latina American Literature. Christina also collaborated with Verónica Gerber Bicecci on the bilingual book Palabras migrantes \/ Migrant Words. Her translations of \u003ci\u003eBring Me the Head of Quentin Tarantino\u003c\/i\u003e (Julián Herbert) \u003ci\u003eOn Lighthouses\u003c\/i\u003e, a book-length essay by Jazmina Barrera, and Elvira Navarro's short story collection \u003ci\u003eRabbit Island\u003c\/i\u003e are forthcoming in 2020.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 154\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Best Translated Book Award (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67942648348979,"sku":"9781566893541","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/sC7bjJGZAD9781566893541.webp?v=1793998215","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/faces-in-the-crowd-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}