{"product_id":"the-diaries-of-emilio-renzi-the-happy-years-9781632061980","title":"The Diaries of Emilio Renzi: The Happy Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second installment of Argentine literary giant Ricardo Piglia's acclaimed bibliophilic trilogy follows his alter ego, Emilio Renzi, as his literary career begins to take off in the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003etumultuous\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e years 1968-1975--running a magazine, working as a publisher, and encountering the literary stars among whom he would soon take his place: Borges, Puig, Roa Bastos, Pi era.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One writes,\" Ricardo Piglia asserts, only \"in order to know literature.\" Spanning the years 1968 to 1975, \u003ci\u003eThe Diaries of Emilio Renzi: The Happy Years\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to Piglia's intimate, lifelong love affair with the written word. This second installment of the Argentinian master's diaries opens a window into a luminous literary community fertile with genius and ever-traipsing from bar to bar--as well as into a convulsing Argentina racked by the death of Per n, guerilla warfare, and a bloody military coup--and establishes itself as the definitive backbone of Piglia's monumental career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRicardo Piglia \u003c\/b\u003e(Buenos Aires, 1940-2017), professor emeritus of Princeton University, is unanimously considered a classic of contemporary Spanish-language literature. He published five novels, including \u003ci\u003eArtificial Respiration\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Absent City\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTarget in the Night\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as collections of stories and criticism. Among the numerous prizes he received were the Premio de la Cr?tica, Premio R?mulo Gallegos, Premio Bartolom? March, Premio Casa de las Am?ricas, Premio Jos? Donoso, and Premio Formentor de las Letras. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Croll\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, translator, musician, and artist originally from Asheville, North Carolina. He first came to translation during his undergraduate studies at Amherst College, where he focused particularly on the short fiction of Julio Cort?zar.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Restless Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856191721746,"sku":"9781632061980","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f6aa4211-7e4c-4c11-ae49-07909148043b.jpg?v=1737498982","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-diaries-of-emilio-renzi-the-happy-years-9781632061980","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}