{"product_id":"the-remembered-part-rodrigo-fresan-9781948830546","title":"The Remembered Part","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe protagonist-narrator of \u003ci\u003eThe Invented Part\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dreamed Part\u003c\/i\u003e returns to find an answer the question: how does a writer remember? In particular, how does a he--a writer who no longer writes but can't stop reading and rereading himself--remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Writer takes us hurtling through the refracted funhouse of his recursive and referential-maniac mind with a host of debut performances and redux appearances: the howling ghost of electricity and the defective Mr. Trip; the wuthering and heightened Penelope and her lost son; \u003ci\u003e2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e; the absent Pertusato, Nicolasito and the omnipresent IKEA; the dead Colma, the deceased ZZYZX, the departed Nothing, and the immortal Sad Songs; the irrealist Vladimir Nabokov and the surrealist Karmas; \u003ci\u003eWish You Were Here\u003c\/i\u003e playing on (im)mobil(izing) phones and Dracula being invited in; the disturbed Uncle Hey Walrus and parents who are models but not at all model parents; The Beatles and \u003ci\u003eThe Beatles\u003c\/i\u003e; a nonexistent country of origin and a city in flames; an unforgettable night that wants nothing more than to be rewritten; and so many more accelerated particles and freewheeling fragments and interlinked cells searching for a storyline to give them some structure, some meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith mordant wit, capacious intelligence, and vertiginous prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Remembered Part\u003c\/i\u003e closes Rodrigo Fresán's sprawling tryptic novel. A novel that has at its heart the three component parts of literary creation, the engines that drive the writing of fictional lives and the narration of real works of art: invention, dream, and memory. It is a masterpiece by one of contemporary literature's most daring and innovative writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rodrigo Fresan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 194883054X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948830546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.90d","brand":"Rodrigo Fresan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945044246783,"sku":"9781948830546","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f8b185d8-7fe1-4374-870d-bbb4cb534eba.jpg?v=1681506457","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-remembered-part-rodrigo-fresan-9781948830546","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}