{"product_id":"and-we-came-outside-and-saw-the-stars-again-writers-from-around-the-world-on-the-covid-19-pandemic-paperback","title":"And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again: Writers from Around the World on the Covid-19 Pandemic - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIlan Stavans\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this rich, eye-opening, and uplifting anthology, dozens of esteemed writers, poets, artists, and translators from more than thirty countries send literary dispatches from life during the pandemic. A portion of proceeds benefit booksellers in need.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs our world is transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, writers offer a powerful antidote to the fearful confines of isolation: a window onto lives and corners of the world beyond our own. In Mauritius, a journalist contends with denialism and mourns the last days of summer, lost to the lockdown. In Paris, a writer struggles to protect his young son from fear. In Chile, protesters who prevailed against tear gas and rubber bullets are now halted by a virus. In Queens, after thirteen-hour shifts in the ER, a doctor dons running shoes and makes the long jog home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again\u003c\/i\u003e takes its title from the last line of Dante's Inferno, when the poet and his guide emerge from hell to once again behold the beauty of the heavens. In that spirit, the stories, essays, poems, and artwork in this collection--from beloved authors including Jhumpa Lahiri, Mario Vargas Llosa, Eavan Boland, Daniel Alarc n, Jon Lee Anderson, Claire Messud, Ariel Dorfman, and many more--detail the harrowing experiences of life in the pandemic, while pointing toward a less isolated future. Together they comprise a profound global portrait of the defining moment of our time, and send a clarion call for solidarity across borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur literary culture depends on bookstores--and those irreplaceable sources of conversation and community, of inspiration and solace, have been decimated by the lockdown. Net proceeds from And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again will go to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, which helps the passionate booksellers we readers depend upon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIlan Stavans is the Publisher of Restless Books and the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities, Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. His books include \u003ci\u003eOn Borrowed Words\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpanglish\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDictionary Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Disappearance\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Critic's Journey\u003c\/i\u003e. He has edited \u003ci\u003eThe Norton Anthology of Latino Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, the three-volume set \u003ci\u003eIsaac Bashevis Singer: Collected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Pablo Neruda\u003c\/i\u003e, among dozens of other volumes. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, Chile's Presidential Medal, the International Latino Book Award, and the Jewish Book Award. Stavans's work, translated into twenty languages, has been adapted to the stage and screen. A cofounder of the Great Books Summer Program at Amherst, Stanford, Chicago, Oxford, and Dublin, he is the host of the NPR podcast \"In Contrast.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768711348512,"sku":"9781632063021","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/15a68136ef9a7614d69bfedb3be65623.webp?v=1780335728","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/and-we-came-outside-and-saw-the-stars-again-writers-from-around-the-world-on-the-covid-19-pandemic-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}