{"product_id":"the-fake-muse-paperback","title":"The Fake Muse - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMax Besora\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMara Faye Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinners of the Inaugural Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInfused with the spirit of pulp fiction, b-movies, zines, and punk rock, \u003ci\u003eThe Fake Muse \u003c\/i\u003eis a linguistic tour-de-force from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures and Misadventures of the Extraordinary and Admirable Joan Orp?, Conquistador and Founder of New Catalonia.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book opens by introducing us, one by one, to an array of troubled characters, each with their own typographical voice. There's Johnny (an Aries) who turns into a vampire at a showing of \u003ci\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/i\u003e, there's Meritxell (a Leo) who falls in love with a giant mutant hamster-philosopher, Josep (Cancer) who is also known as the \"King Kong of the Bronx,\" and Amanda aka Maryjane (Scorpio) who has had it with the abuse she's suffered at the hands of the . . . author, Max Besora (Aquarius), and who is ready to take whatever action necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWildly inventive, with each character's vignette more hilarious and explosive than the last, \u003ci\u003eThe Fake Muse\u003c\/i\u003e weaves these stories together into a thrilling cinema-like production ? la Sonic Youth meets Quentin Tarantino, raising questions about power structures, victimization, and the role of the author in bringing it all to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Besora\u003c\/b\u003e has written five novels: \u003ci\u003eVolcano \u003c\/i\u003e(2011, rewritten and republished 2021), \u003ci\u003eThe Marvelous Technique \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures and Misadventures of the Extraordinary and Admirable Joan Orpi, Conquistador and Founder of New Catalonia \u003c\/i\u003e(2017), \u003ci\u003eThe Fake Muse \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), and \u003ci\u003eHis Master's Voice \u003c\/i\u003e(2022) and one fictional essay on urban music, \u003ci\u003eTrapology \u003c\/i\u003e(2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMara Faye Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e has translated novels by Jaume Cabr?, David Trueba, Albert S?nchez Pi?ol, Javier Calvo, Patricio Pron, Marc Pastor and Toni Sala, among others, and shorter fiction by such authors as Juan Mars?, Rodrigo Fres?n, Pola Oloixarac, Teresa Colom and Alba Dedeu. Her translation of The Whispering City, by Sara Moliner, recently received an English PEN Award and two of her translations were nominated for the 2016 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. She also won the Spain-USA Foundation Translation Award for her translation of Max Besora's \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures and Misadventures of the Extraordinary and Admirable Joan Orpi, Conquistador and Founder of New Catalonia.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733577994303,"sku":"9781960385338","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f6cc6bbc8df627a595e55dd4007a4955.webp?v=1765136492","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-fake-muse-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}