{"product_id":"simone-eduardo-lalo-9780226207483","title":"Simone","description":"Eduardo Lalo is one of the most vital and unique voices of Latin American literature, but his work is relatively little known in the English-speaking world. That changes now: this masterful translation of his most celebrated novel, \u003ci\u003eSimone\u003c\/i\u003e--which won the 2013 Rulo Gallegos International Novel Prize--will introduce an English-language audience to this extraordinary literary talent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A tale of alienation, love, suspense, imagination, and literature set on the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico, \u003ci\u003eSimone \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of a self-educated Chinese immigrant student courting (and stalking) a disillusioned, unnamed writer who is struggling to make a name for himself in a place that is not exactly a hotbed of literary fame. By turns solipsistic and political, romantic and dark, \u003ci\u003eSimone\u003c\/i\u003e begins with the writer's frustrated, satiric observations on his native city and the banal life of the university where he teaches--forces utterly at odds with the sensuality of his writing. But, as mysterious messages and literary clues begin to appear--scrawled on sidewalks and walls, inside volumes set out in bookstores, left on his answering machine and under his windshield wiper--\u003ci\u003eSimone \u003c\/i\u003eprogresses into a cat-and-mouse game between the writer and his mystery stalker. When the eponymous Simone's identity is at last revealed, the writer finds in the life of this Chinese immigrant a plight not unlike his own. Traumatized and lonely, the pair moves towards bittersweet collaborations in passion, grief, and art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eduardo Lalo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022620748X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226207483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2015 pg. 68","brand":"Eduardo Lalo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048617472255,"sku":"9780226207483","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a7803ee-bf40-4ac9-ae8d-875156031041.jpg?v=1684996816","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/simone-eduardo-lalo-9780226207483","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}