{"product_id":"9781963108309","title":"Archipelago: A Novel","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eBakopoulos, Natalie\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTin House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalie Bakopoulos’s \u003ci\u003eArchipelago\u003c\/i\u003e is a striking, haunting novel that offers meditations on the slippery borders of nations, languages, middle age, and the self.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way to a translation writing residency on the Dalmatian coast, Archipelago’s unnamed narrator has an unsettling, aggressive encounter with a man on a ferry, which sets off a series of strange events. At the residency, she reunites with Luka, an old friend who seems to have included a version of her in his novel. They strike up a romantic relationship as she continues her translation work.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe hazy summer stretches on until, after a sudden shift, she embarks upon an impulsive road trip back to Greece, crossing borders. Spare and lyrical, with subversions of the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e and its singular Ithaca, \u003ci\u003eArchipelago\u003c\/i\u003e charts a wending journey back to the narrator’s family house—not simply back to a self and home, but beyond it.\n","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300534898943,"sku":"9781963108309","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781963108309_s600x595.jpg?v=1775582235","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781963108309","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}