{"product_id":"planes-flying-over-a-monster-essays-9781646223053","title":"Planes Flying Over a Monster: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of Mexico's most exciting young writers, a cosmopolitan and candid essay collection exploring life in cities across the world and reflecting on the transformative importance of literature in understanding ourselves\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn ten intimate essays, Daniel Saldaña París explores the cities he has lived in, each one home to a new iteration of himself. In Mexico City he's a young poet eager to prove himself. In Montreal--an opioid addict desperate for relief. In Madrid--a lonely student seeking pleasure in grotesque extremes. These now diverging, now coalescing selves raise questions: Where can we find authenticity? How do we construct the stories that define us? What if our formative memories are closer to fiction than truth? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSaldaña París turns to literature and film, poetry and philosophy for answers. The result is a hybrid of memoir and criticism, \"a sensory work, full of soundscapes, filth, planes, closed spaces, open vastness\" (\u003ci\u003eEl País\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDANIEL SALDAÑA PARÍS\u003c\/b\u003e is a Mexican writer based in New York and Mexico City. He is the author of the novels\u003ci\u003e Among Strange Victims\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRamifications\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2017, he was included on the prestigious Bogotá39 list. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRISTINA MACSWEENEY\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning translator of Latin American literature. She has worked with such authors as Valeria Luiselli, Verónica Gerber Bicecci, Julián Herbert, and Jazmina Barrera. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePHILIP K. ZIMMERMAN\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator from Spanish and German. His work has been presented in \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNecessary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, the Berlin International Literature Festival, and the New York International Fringe Festival.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764056686866,"sku":"9781646223053","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b82f5065-e5ab-4f77-bd6c-b14b039f1f0e.jpg?v=1764751577","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/planes-flying-over-a-monster-essays-9781646223053","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}