{"product_id":"a-musical-offering-paperback","title":"A Musical Offering - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuis Sagasti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFionn Petch\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lyrical celebration of storytelling, of childhood, and of the transformative power of music.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing a circular course that echoes Bach's \u003cem\u003eGoldberg Variations\u003c\/em\u003e, Luis Sagasti's second book to appear in English takes the guise of a musical scheherazade, recounting story after story, vibrating to celestial harmonies. From the music born of the sun to the music sent into space on the \u003cem\u003eVoyager\u003c\/em\u003e mission, from Rothko to rock music, from the composers of the concentration camps to a weeping room for Argentinian conscripts in the Falklands, \u003cem\u003eA Musical Offering\u003c\/em\u003e traverses the shifting sands of fiction and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuis Sagasti\u003c\/strong\u003e, a writer, lecturer and art critic, was born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina in 1963. The author of five novels, including \u003cem\u003eFireflies\u003c\/em\u003e (known in Spanish as Bellas Artes, 2011) and \u003cem\u003eA Musical Offering\u003c\/em\u003e (Una Ofrenda Musical, 2017), he's just about to publish his most recent book, comprised entirely of footnotes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFionn Petch\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Scottish-born translator. He lived in Mexico City for 12 years, where he completed a PhD in Philosophy at the UNAM, and now lives in Berlin. His translations of Latin American literature for Charco Press have been widely acclaimed. \u003cem\u003eFireflies\u003c\/em\u003e by Luis Sagasti was shortlisted for the Translators' Association First Translation Award 2018. _The Distance Between Us _by Renato Cisneros received an English PEN Award in 2018. \u003cem\u003eA Musical Offering\u003c\/em\u003e, also by Luis Sagasti, was shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2021 and won the UK Society of Authors Premio Valle Inclán 2021 for best translation from Spanish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 117\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699708629055,"sku":"9781999368456","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/86ba45cb392c7e4ea97f52553273c5a1.webp?v=1765014246","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-musical-offering-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}