{"product_id":"a-musical-offering-9781999368456","title":"A Musical Offering","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lyrical celebration of storytelling, of childhood, and of the transformative power of music.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing a circular course that echoes Bach's \u003cem\u003eGoldberg Variations\u003c\/em\u003e, Luis Sagasti's second book to appear in English takes the guise of a musical scheherazade, recounting story after story, vibrating to celestial harmonies. From the music born of the sun to the music sent into space on the \u003cem\u003eVoyager\u003c\/em\u003e mission, from Rothko to rock music, from the composers of the concentration camps to a weeping room for Argentinian conscripts in the Falklands, \u003cem\u003eA Musical Offering\u003c\/em\u003e traverses the shifting sands of fiction and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuis Sagasti\u003c\/strong\u003e, a writer, lecturer and art critic, was born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina in 1963. The author of five novels, including \u003cem\u003eFireflies\u003c\/em\u003e (known in Spanish as Bellas Artes, 2011) and \u003cem\u003eA Musical Offering\u003c\/em\u003e (Una Ofrenda Musical, 2017), he's just about to publish his most recent book, comprised entirely of footnotes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFionn Petch\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Scottish-born translator. He lived in Mexico City for 12 years, where he completed a PhD in Philosophy at the UNAM, and now lives in Berlin. His translations of Latin American literature for Charco Press have been widely acclaimed. \u003cem\u003eFireflies\u003c\/em\u003e by Luis Sagasti was shortlisted for the Translators' Association First Translation Award 2018. \u003cem\u003eThe Distance Between Us\u003c\/em\u003e by Renato Cisneros received an English PEN Award in 2018. \u003cem\u003eA Musical Offering\u003c\/em\u003e, also by Luis Sagasti, was shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2021 and won the Society of Authors Premio Valle Inclán 2021 for best translation from Spanish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Charco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50682055655698,"sku":"9781999368456","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f942029-ded7-44c3-9f6d-d0172d433c3a.jpg?v=1733962898","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-musical-offering-9781999368456","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}