{"product_id":"taming-the-divine-heron","title":"Taming the Divine Heron","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe second novel in Pitol's Carnival trilogy following \u003ci\u003eThe Love Parade\u003c\/i\u003e continues his daring, genre-melding, picaresque style.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the famous Mexican author, Sergio Pitol, comes his 1988 classic translated by George Henson. \u003ci\u003eTaming the Divine Heron\u003c\/i\u003e tells the semi-autobiographical story of a novelist working on his newest masterpiece. The protagonist struggles to tell the perfect story—his own imagined protagonists mere imitations of the likes of Lord Jim and Alyosha Karamazov. To help eradicate writer’s block, Pitol uses his vessel to praise his own favorite authors. Pitol applauds Bakhtin’s world building, Gogol’s “carnivalesque [literary] breath,” and Dante’s dizzying intensity. The character finds a muse in Marietta Karapetiz, whom he aptly dubs Dante C. de la Estrella, and the two debate the literary greats. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As the pair attempts to pull from the techniques of the world’s best writers, Pitol creates a love letter to literature from around the globe while simultaneously telling his own magical story. To quote Pitol’s protagonist, “the quality of the story, its effects, its brilliance, its intensity, ma[k]e the most absurd circumstances plausible.” \u003ci\u003eTaming The Divine Heron\u003c\/i\u003e, second in a trilogy including already-published \u003ci\u003eThe Love Parade\u003c\/i\u003e (Deep Vellum, 2022), houses history, hyperrealism, myth, folklore, and memoir; to read Pitol is to appreciate the power of language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54012494741848,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781646052769.jpg?v=1765892742","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/taming-the-divine-heron","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}