{"product_id":"bilbao-new-york-bilbao-paperback","title":"Bilbao-New York-Bilbao - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKirmen Uribe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Macklin\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn a transatlantic flight between Bilbao and New York City, a fictional version of Kirmen Uribe recalls three generations of family history--the inspiration for the novel he wants to write--and ponders how the sea has shaped their stories. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe day he knew he was going to die, our narrator's grandfather took his daughter-in-law to the Fine Arts Museum in Bilbao, the de facto capital of the Basque region of northern Spain, to show her a painting with ties to their family. Years later, her son Kirmen traces those ties back through the decades, knotting together moments from early twentieth-century art history with the stories of his ancestors' fishing adventures--and tragedies--in the North Atlantic Ocean. Elegant, fluid storytelling is punctuated by scenes from Kirmen's flight, from security line to airport bar to jet cabin, and reflections on the creative writing process. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis original and compelling novel earned debut author Kirmen Uribe the prestigious National Prize for Literature in Spain in 2009. Exquisitely translated from Basque to English by Elizabeth Macklin, \u003ci\u003eBilbao-New York-Bilbao\u003c\/i\u003e skillfully captures the intersections of many journeys: past and present, physical and artistic, complete and still unfolding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBilbao-New York-Bilbao\u003c\/i\u003e is the second book commissioned for the Spatial Species series, edited by Youmna Chlala and Ken Chen. The series investigates the ways we activate space through language. In the tradition of Georges Perec's \u003ci\u003eAn Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris, \u003c\/i\u003e Spatial Species titles are pocket-sized editions, each keenly focused on place. Instead of tourist spots and public squares, we encounter unmarked, noncanonical spaces: edges, alleyways, diasporic traces. Such intimate journeying requires experiments in language and genre, moving travelogue, fiction, or memoir into something closer to eating, drinking, and dreaming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirmen Uribe\u003c\/b\u003e writes in Basque. He is one of the most relevant and widely translated writers of his generation in Spain. He has written two collections of poems and four novels. Uribe won Spain's National Prize for Literature for his first novel, \u003ci\u003eBilbao-New York-Bilbao\u003c\/i\u003e. His works have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eParis Review, \u003c\/i\u003eamong many other journals. He was selected for the Iowa International Writers Program in 2017 and was awarded the New York Public Library Cullman Center Fellowship for 2018-2019. He is now based in New York City, where he teaches creative writing at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Macklin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eA Woman Kneeling in the Big City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYou've Just Been Told.\u003c\/i\u003e A 1994 Guggenheim Fellow in Poetry, she received, in 1998, an Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship, which allowed her to spend a year in the Basque Country, beginning studies in Euskara. Her translation of Kirmen Uribe's first poetry book, \u003ci\u003eMeanwhile Take My Hand, \u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2007. In addition to \u003ci\u003eBilbao-New York-Bilbao, \u003c\/i\u003e she has translated numerous multimedia works in which Uribe has been involved. In the Basque Country she is a member of Zart Cultural Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 6.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760573645088,"sku":"9781566896498","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/aafddd6d47d04958eef2fd53993cf648.webp?v=1780183678","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bilbao-new-york-bilbao-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}