{"product_id":"simone-9780226207483","title":"Simone","description":"Eduardo Lalo is one of the most vital and unique voices of Latin American literature, but his work is relatively little known in the English-speaking world. That changes now: this masterful translation of his most celebrated novel, \u003ci\u003eSimone\u003c\/i\u003e-which won the 2013 R?mulo Gallegos International Novel Prize-will introduce an English-language audience to this extraordinary literary talent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A tale of alienation, love, suspense, imagination, and literature set on the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico, \u003ci\u003eSimone\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a self-educated Chinese immigrant student courting (and stalking) a disillusioned, unnamed writer who is struggling to make a name for himself in a place that is not exactly a hotbed of literary fame. By turns solipsistic and political, romantic and dark, \u003ci\u003eSimone\u003c\/i\u003e begins with the writer's frustrated, satiric observations on his native city and the banal life of the university where he teaches-forces utterly at odds with the sensuality of his writing. But, as mysterious messages and literary clues begin to appear-scrawled on sidewalks and walls, inside volumes set out in bookstores, left on his answering machine and under his windshield wiper-\u003ci\u003eSimone\u003c\/i\u003e progresses into a cat-and-mouse game between the writer and his mystery stalker. When the eponymous Simone's identity is at last revealed, the writer finds in the life of this Chinese immigrant a plight not unlike his own. Traumatized and lonely, the pair moves towards bittersweet collaborations in passion, grief, and art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEduardo Lalo\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, essayist, video artist, and photographer from Puerto Rico. He is the author of ten Spanish-language books, including \u003ci\u003eLa Inutilidad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Países Invisibles\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eEl Deseo del Lápiz\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eDavid Frye\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Michigan who translates both Spanish poetry and prose.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50643236684050,"sku":"9780226207483","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bd0dbe2a-e295-4490-bd2f-2c886e0f16e0.jpg?v=1733081165","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/simone-9780226207483","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}