{"product_id":"southeaster-paperback","title":"Southeaster - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHaroldo Conti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Neither the old man nor Boga ever said more than was needed. And yet they understood each other perfectly.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of a season, Boga and the old man work side by side on the sandbanks of the Paraná Delta, cutting reeds to sell to local basketweavers. But when the old man falls sick and dies, Boga abandons himself entirely to the river and the life of solitary drifting he has long yearned for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEchoes of John Berger sound throughout the evocative prose of this great Argentinian writer. A twentieth-century classic, \u003ci\u003eSoutheaster\u003c\/i\u003e is a central work in Haroldo Conti's oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaroldo Conti\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the province of Buenos Aires in 1925. He studied at a Salesian school and a Jesuit seminary before graduating with a degree in philosophy from the University of Buenos Aires. In his professional life, Conti was variously employed as an actor, bank clerk, Latin teacher and screenwriter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConti was arrested in his apartment after the military coup of 1976, and is currently included on the list of permanently disappeared. After the publication of \u003ci\u003eSoutheaster\u003c\/i\u003e in 1962, he went on to write three more novels as well as several short story collections. He is the recipient of several important literary prizes, including the Casa de las Américas Prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Lindsay Miles\u003c\/b\u003e works in southern Spain, also publishing as Immigrant Press. The translation of Conti's \u003ci\u003eSoutheaster\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) followed a hybrid guide-novel of Úbeda (\u003ci\u003eAlong the Way. Walking in Úbeda\u003c\/i\u003e, 2009) and a bilingual collection of mediated stories of migration (\u003ci\u003eDesde las Américas a Jaén\/From the Americas to Jaén\u003c\/i\u003e, 2011). He pays for this life by teaching English conversation at an outpost of the University of Jaén.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770025738528,"sku":"9781908276605","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1102d765c47dfdd5b93cd6817fa4f909.webp?v=1780362733","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/southeaster-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}