{"product_id":"a-thousand-thoughts-in-flight-maria-gabriela-llansol-9781646053056","title":"A Thousand Thoughts in Flight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA remarkable collection of diary entries from cross-genre Portuguese author Maria Gabriela Llansol, which span dozens of diaries and 33 years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"She dedicated herself to this work regularly, at the same time, in the same place, and in almost the same position...\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Communities\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of her life, Maria Gabriela Llansol wrote many thousands of pages. She left behind 70 diaries in all, which began in November 1974 and continued until 2007. Three of them were published during her lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiary I begins the day she finishes \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Communities\u003c\/i\u003e and ends the day she finishes \u003ci\u003eThe Remaining Life\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1977. Diary II picks up two years later, when she is finishing \u003ci\u003eIn the House of July and August\u003c\/i\u003e and beginning the second trilogy. It follows her through the second trilogy and captures her first ideas for the Lisbonleipzig duology; it is here where Bach and Pessoa begin their encounter, in 1982. Diary III is less a diary than a mourning of the death of her friend, the Portuguese writer Virgílio Ferreira, one of the only contemporary writers with whom she felt any affinity, a mapping of their relationship and a conversation between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Gabriela Llansol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646053052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646053056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Maria Gabriela Llansol","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44920117231871,"sku":"9781646053056","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e39170f-31f3-4352-9674-68520f50f1b7.jpg?v=1710360233","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-thousand-thoughts-in-flight-maria-gabriela-llansol-9781646053056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}