{"product_id":"a-father-is-born-9781960385413","title":"A Father Is Born","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe moving story of a man becoming a father, written by the winner of the 2009 Alfaguara Award.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I am delighted that we are together, my son, becoming what we will both be.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man awaits his son's birth. Captivated, he follows the mother's pregnancy, imagining the child that will transform his house, his language, his relationship, and his family history. For a year, he annotates the memorable first steps leading the three of them into these new existential situations: being a father, a mother, a son; three different characters in a universal story, told in newly born words. A situation further complicated when the child begins speaking and articulating his world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Father Is Born\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical tale that resonates both on intimate and collective levels. Its understanding of fatherhood faces masculinity with the miracle of life and its incessant rereading of the present. In a time that redefines traditionally attributed roles, \u003ci\u003eA Father Is Born\u003c\/i\u003e accepts Anne Waldman's invitation: \"Tell the man to give up tumult for the while \/ To wonder at the sight of baby's beauty.\" But it is also, and above all, a love statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrés Neuman\u003c\/b\u003e (1977) was selected as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists\" and was included on the Bogotá-39 list. He is the author of numerous novels, short stories, poems, aphorisms, and travel books, including \u003ci\u003eTraveler of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTalking to Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Things We Don't Do\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFracture.\u003c\/i\u003e His works have been translated into twenty-two languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Myers\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, translator, essayist, and 2023 NEA Translation Fellow. Her latest translations include \u003ci\u003eLast Date in El Zapotal\u003c\/i\u003e by Mateo García Elizondo (Charco Press), \u003ci\u003eA Strange Adventure \u003c\/i\u003eby Eva Forest (Sternberg Press), \u003ci\u003eWhat Comes Back \u003c\/i\u003eby Javier Peñalosa M. (Copper Canyon Press); \u003ci\u003eThe Brush \u003c\/i\u003eby Eliana Hernández-Pachón (Archipelago Books); and \u003ci\u003eBariloche \u003c\/i\u003e(Open Letter Books) and \u003ci\u003eLove Training \u003c\/i\u003e(Deep Vellum Publishing), both by Andrés Neuman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51475086835986,"sku":"9781960385413","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_de9c66af-5d85-42bc-82c4-3226e5405bb2.jpg?v=1752586590","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-father-is-born-9781960385413","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}