{"product_id":"last-date-in-el-zapotal-paperback","title":"Last Date in El Zapotal - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMateo Garc?a Elizondo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobin Myers\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA junkie looking for one last fix in a town full of ghosts\u003c\/strong\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a ghost story. A junkie has gone to El Zapotal to die - to rent a room in this crumbling backwater, melt into one last fix, and not come back. For someone so ready to no longer be alive, though, he can't stop clinging to the past. His old dog, Kid, who he abandoned. His love, Valerie, who he introduced to drugs. There's no such thing as a good memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEl Zapotal doesn't want him either. The people aren't welcoming, the streets are empty except for strays, and he's having trouble pacing his supply. As the drugs run out, the line between what's real and what's not blurs to the point of illegibility, and we're left wandering a tenderly described hinterland of despair, hunger, and regret. García Elizondo has given us an homage to \u003cem\u003ePedro Páramo\u003c\/em\u003e, a descent for the ages, a long goodbye with no clear line between the living and dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMateo García Elizondo\u003c\/strong\u003e (Mexico City, 1987) is a screenwriter and author. His work has appeared in magazines such as \u003cem\u003eNexos\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRevista Casa de las Américas\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuimera, Origami, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCuadernos Hispanoamericanos\u003c\/em\u003e . He has written scripts for film and graphic narrative, including the screenplay for the feature film \u003cem\u003eDesierto\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), which won the FIPRESCI prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. His debut novel, \u003cem\u003eLast Date in El Zapotal, \u003c\/em\u003e won the City of Barcelona Award for fiction written in Spanish. In 2021 he was listed by Granta magazine as one of the world's best writers in Spanish under thirty-five years of age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobin Myers\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet, translator, essayist, and 2023 NEA Translation Fellow. Recent translations include \u003cem\u003eWhat Comes Back\u003c\/em\u003e by Javier Peñalosa M. (Copper Canyon Press); \u003cem\u003eThe Brush\u003c\/em\u003e by Eliana Hernández-Pachón (Archipelago Books); \u003cem\u003eA Whale Is a Country\u003c\/em\u003e (Fonograf Editions) and \u003cem\u003eIn Vitro\u003c\/em\u003e (Coffee House Press), both by Isabel Zapata; \u003cem\u003eBariloche\u003c\/em\u003e by Andrés Neuman (Open Letter Books); and many other works of poetry and prose from across Latin America. Her poems have appeared in \u003cem\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eYale Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Drift\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoetry London, \u003c\/em\u003e and elsewhere; her essays, in \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLatin American Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 163\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763578601760,"sku":"9781913867843","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/862f6ee6162564c684b26860e361a9f8.webp?v=1780236356","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/last-date-in-el-zapotal-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}