{"product_id":"fox-9781940953762","title":"Fox","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of 2018 at \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFox\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of literary footnotes and \"minor\" characters--unnoticed people propelled into timelessness through the biographies and novels of others. With Ugresic's characteristic wit, \u003ci\u003eFox\u003c\/i\u003e takes us from Russia to Japan, through Balkan minefields and American road trips, and from the 1920s to the present, as it explores the power of storytelling and literary invention, betrayal, and the randomness of human lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDubravka Ugresic\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Museum of Unconditional Surrender\u003c\/i\u003e, and six essay collections, including the NBCC award finalist, \u003ci\u003eKaraoke Culture.\u003c\/i\u003e She went into exile from Croatia after being labeled a \"witch\" for her anti-nationalistic stance during the Yugoslav Wars. She now resides in the Netherlands. In 2016, she was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature for her body of work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Elias-Bursac\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator of South Slavic literature. Her accolades include the 2006 National Translation Award for her translation of David Albahari's novel \u003ci\u003eGötz and Meyer.\u003c\/i\u003e She is currently the Vice President of the American Literary Translators Association. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Williams\u003c\/b\u003e did his doctoral research on the post-Yugoslav writings of Dubravka Ugresic and the idea of a \"literature of the Eastern European ruins.\" He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWriting Postcommunism\u003c\/i\u003e, and translated Ugresic's \u003ci\u003eEurope in Sepia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKaraoke Culture.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50681704644882,"sku":"9781940953762","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6fe0dd3b-2552-481c-bafd-a1cd605d12a3.jpg?v=1733956976","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fox-9781940953762","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}