{"product_id":"the-dreamed-part-paperback","title":"The Dreamed Part - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRodrigo Fresán\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWill Vanderhyden\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing his failure to break into the Hadron Collider and merge with the so-called \"God particle,\" The Writer from \u003ci\u003eThe Invented Part\u003c\/i\u003e can no longer write or sleep. Instead, he lies awake, imagining and reimagining key moments of his life, spinning out a series of insomniac visions every bit as thought-provoking as they are dreamlike. A mysterious foundation dedicated to preserving dreams, suddenly invaluable in the wake of the dream-eradicating White Plague; a psycho-lyrical-photophobic terrorist; an electric and mercurial lullaby; three lunatic sisters (and an eclipsed brother) who write from the darkest side of the most wuthering lunar heights; a hallucinating prisoner and a hallucinatory family; a genius addicted to butterflies and an FBI agent addicted to that genius; a looney and lysergic uncle and parents who model but are not model parents; a revolutionary staging of Shakespeare for the children of chic guerrillas; a city of sleepless bookshops; and a writer who might be 100 years old. Or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith characteristic wit, careening style, and array of cultural references, high and low and everything in between--from Shakespeare, the Bront  sisters, and Vladimir Nabokov to Talking Heads, superhero movies, and Rick and Morty--the second volume of Fres n's trilogy is one of the most ambitious, unique, and entertaining novels of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRodrigo Fresán\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten works of fiction, including Kensington Gardens, Mantra, and The Invented Part, winner of the 2018 Best Translated Book Award. A self-professed \"referential maniac,\" his works incorporate many elements from science fiction (Philip K. Dick in particular) alongside pop culture and literary references. According to Jonathan Lethem, \"he's a kaleidoscopic, open-hearted, shamelessly polymathic storyteller, the kind who brings a blast of oxygen into the room.\" In 2017, he received the Prix Roger Caillois awarded by PEN Club France every year to both a French and a Latin American writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill Vanderhyden\u003c\/b\u003e received an MA in Literary Translation Studies from the University of Rochester. He has translated fiction by Carlos Labbé, Edgardo Cozarinsky, Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Juan Marsé, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Rodrigo Fresán, and Elvio Gandolfo. He received NEA and Lannan fellowships to translate another of Fresán's novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Invented Part.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 550\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692923129919,"sku":"9781948830058","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/15f5fc4d91799d14c323fac92ccd5395.webp?v=1764997099","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-dreamed-part-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}