{"product_id":"the-river-in-the-belly-9781646050673","title":"The River in the Belly","description":"\u003cp\u003eA poetry book from one of Deep Vellum's best-selling novelists, \u003ci\u003eThe River in the Belly\u003c\/i\u003e will be a necessary part of reading lists and literature syllabi regarding the African continent, the European imaginary of Africa, colonization, and writers in exile. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFiston Mwanza Mujila\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1981 and lives today in Austria. His debut novel, \u003cem\u003eTram 83\u003c\/em\u003e, published in English in 2015 by Deep Vellum, won the German International Literature Award and was longlisted for the International Man Booker and the Prix du Monde. In addition to \u003cem\u003eThe River in the Belly\u003c\/em\u003e, he is the author of the poetry collections \u003cem\u003eCraquelures\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003eSoleil privé de mazout\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), and three plays, \u003cem\u003eEt les moustiques sont des fruits à pépins, Te voir dressé sur tes deux pattes ne fait que mettre de l'huile sur le feu\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) and \u003cem\u003eZu der Zeit der Königinmutter\u003c\/em\u003e (2018). His writing responds to political turbulence in his native country and frequently foregrounds its debt to jazz. His second novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Villain's Dance\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in France in 2020 and is forthcoming in English translation from Deep Vellum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJ. Bret Maney\u003c\/strong\u003e is a literary critic and translator from the French and Spanish. He is a recipient of several awards, including the 2020 Gulf Coast Translation Prize for his translations of Fiston Mwanza Mujila's poetry and an International Latino Book Award and PEN\/Heim Translation Fund Grant for his translation of Guillermo Cotto-Thorner's novel, \u003cem\u003eManhattan Tropics\u003c\/em\u003e (Arte Público, 2019), which he also co-edited. He is Assistant Professor of English at Lehman College, City University of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Phoneme Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644632011026,"sku":"9781646050673","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3782a446-773e-4a50-9afc-e2b39a67619b.jpg?v=1733119303","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-river-in-the-belly-9781646050673","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}