{"product_id":"jakarta-paperback","title":"Jakarta - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRodrigo Márquez Tizano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThomas Bunstead\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a chaotic city, the latest in a line of viruses advances as a man recounts the fated steps that led him to be confined in a room with his lover while catastrophe looms. As he takes inventory of the city's ills, a strange stone distorts reality, offering brief glimpses of the deserted territories of his memory. A sports game that beguiles the city with near-religious significance, the hugely popular gambling systems rigged by the Department of Chaos and Gaming, an upbringing in schools that disappeared classmates even if the plagues didn't--everything holds significance and nothing gives answers in the vision realm of his own making.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe turbulent and sweeping world of \u003cem\u003eJakarta\u003c\/em\u003e erupts with engrossing new dystopias and magnetic prose to provide a portrait of a fallen society that exudes both rage and resignation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRodrigo Márquez Tizano (Mexico City, 1984) is a writer. He has been the editor in chief of \u003cem\u003eVICE\u003c\/em\u003e magazine in Mexico and Argentina and is a founding editor of La Dulce Ciencia Ediciones, a publishing imprint dedicated to the world of boxing. He received his MFA from NYU and is completing a PhD at Cornell University. \u003cem\u003eJakarta\u003c\/em\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Bunstead has translated some of the leading Spanish-language writers working today, most recently \u003cem\u003eThe Optic Nerve\u003c\/em\u003e by María Gainza and \u003cem\u003eThe Nocilla \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrilogy\u003c\/em\u003e by Agustín Fernández Mallo. His own writing has appeared in publications such as the \u003cem\u003eParis Review Daily, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement, \u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eWhite Review\u003c\/em\u003e. He is an editor at the literary translation journal \u003cem\u003eIn Other Words\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701298761791,"sku":"9781566895637","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f51dff27bb320bb6c168405a2d4e4e93.webp?v=1765020108","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/jakarta-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}