{"product_id":"last-words-on-earth-paperback","title":"Last Words on Earth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJavier Serena\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKatie Whittemore\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn exile from his home country of Peru, Ricardo Funes embodies the ultimate starving artist. Fired from almost every job he's held--usually for paying more attention to literature than work--he sets himself up in a rundown shack where he works on writing stories to enter in regional contests across Spain, and foisting his judgements about literature on anyone who will listen as one of the last remaining members of the negacionismo poetry movement. Completely dedicated to an unwavering belief in his own art, Funes struggles in anonymity until he achieves unbridled success with \u003ci\u003eThe Aztec\u003c\/i\u003e and becomes a legend . . . at least for a moment. Diagnosed with lung cancer a few years later, Funes will only be able to enjoy his newfound attention for a short time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through the voices of Funes's best friend, his wife, and himself, \u003ci\u003eLast Words on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the price--and haphazard nature--of fame through the lens of a Bolaño-esque writer who persevered just long enough to be transformed out of obscurity into being a literary legend right at the end of his life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJavier Serena\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and writer. His most recent books are \u003ci\u003eAtila\u003c\/i\u003e about the writer Aliocha Coll (forthcoming from Open Letter) and \u003ci\u003eLast Words on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, a fictional biography of a Roberto Bolaño-esque writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatie Whittemore\u003c\/b\u003e is graduate of the University of NH (BA), Cambridge University (M.Phil), and Middlebury College (MA), and was a 2018 Bread Loaf Translators Conference participant. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eTwo Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Arkansas International\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Common Online\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast Magazine Online\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInTranslation\u003c\/i\u003e. Current projects include novels by Spanish authors Sara Mesa, Javier Serena, Aliocha Coll, Aroa Moreno Durán, Nuria Labari, Katixa Agirre, and Juan Gómez Bárcena.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.95 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767945953568,"sku":"9781948830324","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dba6c3dbf176fe40b3338fd1297ca78d.webp?v=1780321175","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/last-words-on-earth-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}