{"product_id":"target-in-the-night-paperback","title":"Target in the Night - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRicardo Piglia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSergio Waisman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRicardo Piglia may be the best Latin American writer to have appeared since the heyday of Gabriel Garc a M rquez. -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiglia opens a window into a fascinating world, leaving the reader hungry for more. -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the BBC's Ten Books to Read (December 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA passionate political and psychological thriller set in a remote Argentinean Pampas town, \u003ci\u003eTarget in the Night \u003c\/i\u003eis an intense and tragic family history reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e, in which the madness of the detective is integral to solving crimes. \u003ci\u003eTarget in the Night\u003c\/i\u003e, a dark, philosophical masterpiece, won every major literary prize in the Spanish language in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRicardo Piglia \u003c\/b\u003e(b. 1941), widely considered the greatest living Argentine novelist, has taught for decades in American universities, including most recently at Princeton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRicardo Piglia, one of the most prominent authors of the entire Spanish-language world, was born in Buenos Aires in 1940 and grew up on Mar del Plata. He studied at the Universidad Nacional de la Plata where he majored in history and graduated in 1965. Early in his career, Piglia was connected to the important literary and political magazine \u003ci\u003eLos Libros\u003c\/i\u003e (1968-1974) and in 1968 began the publication of his first edited collection of detective novels: \u003ci\u003eLa Serie Negra\u003c\/i\u003e. Piglia also established himself as a writer of short stores and was the recipient of distinguished awards. His fiction grapples with the meaning of social and political processes as is evident in the stories collected in the volume \u003ci\u003eAssumed Name\u003c\/i\u003e, published in English in 1995. Two of his books (\u003ci\u003eAssumed Name\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePlata quemada\u003c\/i\u003e) have inspired films. His novel \u003ci\u003eLa ciudad ausente\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted for opera and shown at The Colón Opera House of Buenos Aires, with music by Gerardo Gandini. He received innumerable prizes for his works and for his lifetime's body of literature, including the Casa de las Américas Prize for \u003ci\u003eLa invasión\u003c\/i\u003e, the Boris Vian Prize for \u003ci\u003eArtificial Resperation\u003c\/i\u003e, the Nacional Prize for \u003ci\u003eLa ciudad ausente\u003c\/i\u003e, the Planeta Prize for \u003ci\u003ePlata quemada\u003c\/i\u003e, the Premio Iberoamericano de las Letras José Donoso, and for \u003ci\u003eTarget in the Night\u003c\/i\u003e the Romulo Gallegos Prize and the National Critics Prize.\u003cbr\u003eA literary critic, essayist, and professor, Piglia taught for several decades at American universities, including at Princeton for fifteen years. As professor, Piglia teaches Spanish American Literature, with special emphasis on 19th and 20th centuries intellectual and cultural history in the Río de la Plata. Interested in literary theory and theory of the novel he has given seminars about Sarmiento, Onetti, Borges, Arlt, Puig, as well as on Paranoid fiction. The detective genre in Latin American and Poetics of the novel in Latin America. He currently holds the Walter S. Carpenter Professor of Language, Literature and Civilization of Spain at Princeton. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSergio Waisman is Professor of Spanish and International Affairs at The George Washington University, where he has been teaching since 2003. He is also Affiliated Faculty of Judaic Studies. He received his Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from UC Berkeley (2000), and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Colorado, Boulder (1995). Prof. Waisman's book \u003ci\u003eBorges and Translation: The Irreverence of the Periphery\u003c\/i\u003e was published in the US by Bucknell and in Argentina by Adriana Hidalgo (both in 2005). Sergio Waisman has translated six books of Latin American literature, including \u003ci\u003eThe Absent City\u003c\/i\u003e by Ricardo Piglia (Duke Univ. Press), for which he received an NEA Translation Fellowship Award in 2000. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eLeaving\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in the U.S. in 2004 (Intelibooks), and in 2010 as Irse in Argentina (bajo la luna). His latest translations are \u003ci\u003eThe Underdogs\u003c\/i\u003e by Mariano Azuela (2008, Penguin Classics) and \u003ci\u003eAn Anthology of Spanish-American Modernismo\u003c\/i\u003e (2007, MLA, with Kelly Washbourne).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769844302112,"sku":"9781941920169","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a301cddfd2a989fbad0a0805f6fcabba.webp?v=1780358040","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/target-in-the-night-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}