{"product_id":"the-impostor-9781954276154","title":"The Impostor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo exquisite novellas on memory, perception, and shifting intimacies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Impostor,\" a man travels with his wife through Italy and recalls a family legend about an uncle who was swallowed by Mt. Vesuvius. Preoccupied by this mysterious event, he grapples with the fallibility of memory and the enigma of time. In \"Blue Butterflies of the Amazon,\" a matriarch, rendered mute and paralyzed by a stroke, defenselessly observes the shifting dynamics between her only son, his wife, and her husband while they play out their complex intimacies before her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the characters of \u003ci\u003eThe Impostor\u003c\/i\u003e wander between worlds and states of mind, Edgard Telles Ribeiro elucidates their situations in surprisingly inventive ways that explore devastating questions of reality, consciousness, and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrazilian writer \u003cb\u003eEdgard Telles Ribeiro\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of thirteen works of fiction including three books published in English: \u003ci\u003eI Would Have Loved Him, If I Had Not Killed Him\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHis Own Man\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Impostor\u003c\/i\u003e. He studied cinema at University of California, Los Angeles, worked as film critic for several newspapers before becoming a career diplomat, and has received Brazil's most prestigious literary prizes, including the Jabuti Prize, Brazilian Academy of Letters Prize, and Brazilian PEN Club Prize. He lives in New York and Rio de Janeiro.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bellevue Literary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50389931327762,"sku":"9781954276154","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dab7db89-ce79-4795-8bb1-b775164da5cb.jpg?v=1728933488","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-impostor-9781954276154","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}