{"product_id":"violeta-among-the-stars","title":"Violeta among the Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI might no longer exist here at this moment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ethis moment might no longer exist for me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVioleta is driving along a lonely stretch of late-night motorway, caught in a tumultuous storm. When her tired eyes close for just a second, her car veers off the road, overturns, and comes to rest on an empty stretch of sodden ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd as she lies amid the wreckage, suspended between this world and the next, Violeta's troubled life will quite literally flash before her eyes . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVioleta Among the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e weaves memories and feelings as Violeta reflects on her death and her life, the piercing highs and the seedy lows. An astonishing portrait of a seemingly insignificant life from one of Portugal's greatest living writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An \u003cb\u003eextraordinary \u003c\/b\u003epiece of writing on the life of an ordinary woman\"\u003ci\u003e Litro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eAbsolutely compelling\u003c\/b\u003e . . . this novel is \u003cb\u003etruly unforgettable\u003c\/b\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Portuguese by Ángel Gurría-Quintana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eÁngel Gurría-Quintana is a historian, journalist and literary translator from Spanish and Portuguese. He writes regularly for the books pages of the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and his translations include the anthology \u003ci\u003eOther Carnivals: Short Stories from Brazil\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Return\u003c\/i\u003e, by Dulce Maria Cardoso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith the support of the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262400942424,"sku":"9781529415148","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781529415148.jpg?v=1777690835","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/violeta-among-the-stars","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}