{"product_id":"neon-south-paperback","title":"Neon South - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarko Pogacar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMirza Puric\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeon South \u003c\/i\u003eis an off-the-beaten-path Latin American travel narrative that unfolds like a novel, shadowing locals all too aware of how outside influences, from colonialism to globalism, have changed their lives. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the drug cartel-controlled squares of Mexico to Venezuelan jungles where the outside world threatens traditions, Marko Pogacar absorbs all he encounters with the eyes and words of a poet, finding humor in the absurd and intimacy in despair. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unexpected similarities surface in the assemblage of these tropical experiences fused together with Pogacar's memories of living through the dissolution of Yugoslavia: \"After all, are our customs, our kingdoms, our churches and wars, our arsons and human sacrifices one iota different from the Aztec ones?\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarko Pogacar\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Split, Yugoslavia, is the author of five poetry collections, five books of essays, a short story collection, and a travelogue. He edited the Young Croatian Lyric anthology and is an editor of\u003ci\u003e Quorum\u003c\/i\u003e, a literary journal, and \u003ci\u003eProletter\u003c\/i\u003e, an online magazine for cultural and social issues. He has received many scholarships and residencies, Croatian and international awards for poetry, prose, and essays, and is currently a DAAD fellow in Berlin. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages, including the English-language translation of \u003ci\u003eDead Letter Office\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMirza Puric \u003c\/b\u003eis a literary translator working from German and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian. He is a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eEuropeNow\u003c\/i\u003e and in-house translator for the Sarajevo Writers' Workshop. From 2014 to 2017 he was an editor-at-large for \u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published several book-length translations into BCMS, including Nathan Englander's\u003ci\u003e The Ministry of Special Cases\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Köhlmeier's\u003ci\u003e Idylle mit ertrinkendem Hund, \u003c\/i\u003e and Rabih Alameddine's \u003ci\u003eThe Hakawati.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 117\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766487154976,"sku":"9789533513737","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1c2c46c9c8b96562234728fee7e71b61.webp?v=1780293615","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/neon-south-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}