{"product_id":"land-of-smoke-1","title":"Land of Smoke","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of my favourite books by one of my favourite Argentinian authors' Samanta Schweblin, author of \u003ci\u003eFever Dream\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Diamantine, intense and violent' \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dazzling and hallucinatory, the stories in this collection recall the masters of magical realism - but with Sara Gallardo's distinctive slant. An old man wakes up one morning to find that his beloved garden is floating away, with him on board. A young woman moves to Buenos Aires, bringing with her a replacement head. A meek German missionary leaves Paraguay for the Pampas, unprepared for what he will discover there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResplendent with otherworldly imagery and beguiling prose, \u003ci\u003eLand of Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e presents a uniquely compelling voice in Latin American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Jessica Sequeira\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSara Gallardo was a celebrated and prize-winning Argentinian writer, born in Buenos Aires in 1931. Her first book was published in 1958, and by the time she died in 1988, she had published novels, short stories, children's books, and essays. Written after the death of her second husband, \u003ci\u003eLand of Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e is the first of her books to be translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134144758104,"sku":"9781805330905","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781805330905.jpg?v=1778905872","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/land-of-smoke-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}