{"product_id":"attila-9781960385352","title":"Attila","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eLast Words on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e--an reimagining of Roberto Bola?o's life--comes a book articulating the final years of Aliocha Coll, one of Spain's most innovative writers as he completes his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eAttila\u003c\/i\u003e (also available from Open Letter Books).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving alone in Paris, estranged from his family, suffering from heartbreak and possibly madness, Alioscha Coll works with saintly intensity on what will be his final manuscript: \u003ci\u003eAttila\u003c\/i\u003e. Once the final words have been written, he vows to end his life, convinced that his existence will lose all purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through the viewpoint of a literary critic and journalist, \u003ci\u003eAttila\u003c\/i\u003e expands Javier Serena's investigation into artists who remained dedicated to their art, to their aesthetic vision in the face of complete dismissal by the publishing world and reading public. In the case of \u003ci\u003eLast Words on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and Ricardo Funes (the stand in for Bola?o in that novel), things work out and he briefly becomes the star of the literary world--could the same happen for Alioscha Coll?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJavier Serena\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Pamplona, Spain in 1982. He has published \u003ci\u003eLas torres de El Carpio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa estaci?n bald?a\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLast Words on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAttila\u003c\/i\u003e. He has stayed at writers residences with the Fundaci?n Antonio Gala (C?rdoba, Spain) and Les R?collets (Paris, France).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatie Whittemore\u003c\/b\u003e translates from the Spanish. Her translations include novels by Sara Mesa, Javier Serena, Aroa Moreno Dur?n, Lara Moreno, Nuria Labari, Katixa Agirre, Jon Bilbao, Juan G?mez B?rcena, Almudena S?nchez, Aliocha Coll, and Pilar Ad?n. She received an NEA Translation Fellowship in 2022 for Lara Moreno's \u003ci\u003eIn Case We Lose Power\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been a finalist for the Spain-USA Foundation Translation Prize and the Queen Sof?a Spanish Institute Translation Prize, and longlisted for the National Translation Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51185580638482,"sku":"9781960385352","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3a8009fb-0da1-4a5d-b577-9468c7f2d06b.jpg?v=1744585057","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/attila-9781960385352","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}