{"product_id":"9781962770200","title":"The Living and the Rest","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=\"\"\u003eAgualusa, Jose Eduardo; Hahn, Daniel\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\u003eArchipelago\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\u003e5\/27\/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“Cross J.M. Coetzee with Gabriel García Márquez and you've got José Eduardo Agualusa, Portugal's next candidate for the Nobel Prize”  — Alan Kaufman, author of \u003ci\u003eMatches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA thrilling tale that considers how the mind bends when the known world ends in a storm’s flash\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Fiction in Translation Book of the Year and Winner of the Portuguese PEN Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA funny and lively tale about a group of writers stranded at a literary festival turns increasingly ominous as it explores the nature of life and of time, and the extraordinary power of imagination and the written word.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriters from across Africa descend on the Isle of Mozambique to participate in the island’s first literary festival. When a sudden cyclone strikes the land, they are cut off from the mainland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne writer wakes from sleep with lines running through her head, reaching for a small red notebook with \u003ci\u003edream trash\u003c\/i\u003e written on the cover. Another posts a picture of a writing desk gleaming in the ancient light of the Captains-General Palace, now a museum. The caption: “If I had a desk like this, I’m sure I’d write more. I’m sure I’d write better.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgualusa traces their conversations as they wonder together whether the world they know has ended, and what, real or imagined, might come next. They talk, and set pens to paper, in this sometimes-surreal tale of how the physical world is changing rapidly around us and how we can (and must) forge new contexts.","brand":"Archipelago","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45994965041407,"sku":"9781962770200","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781962770200_s600x595.jpg?v=1775592367","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781962770200","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}