{"product_id":"the-extinction-of-irena-rey-hardcover","title":"The Extinction of Irena Rey - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Croft\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Indie Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a must read by \u003ci\u003ePeople, Vanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Electric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Nylon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Alta Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e CrimeReads \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDebutiful\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a most anticipated book by \u003ci\u003eElle, The Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Bustle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Lit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Dandelion Chandelier\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Zibby Mag\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Bookpage\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Oh my mushrooms, \u003ci\u003eThe Extinction of Irena Rey\u003c\/i\u003e is incredibly strange, savvy, sly and hard to classify. I also couldn't put it down.\"\u003ci\u003e --The New York Times, Editors' Choice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the International Booker Prize-winning translator and Women's Prize finalist, an utterly beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing in a primeval Polish forest.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEight translators arrive at a house in a primeval Polish forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the world-renowned author Irena Rey, and they are there to translate her magnum opus, \u003ci\u003eGray Eminence. \u003c\/i\u003eBut within days of their arrival, Irena disappears without a trace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe translators, who hail from eight different countries but share the same reverence for their beloved author, begin to investigate where she may have gone while proceeding with work on her masterpiece. They explore this ancient wooded refuge with its intoxicating slime molds and lichens and study her exotic belongings and layered texts for clues. But doing so reveals secrets-and deceptions-of Irena Rey's that they are utterly unprepared for. Forced to face their differences as they grow increasingly paranoid in this fever dream of isolation and obsession, soon the translators are tangled up in a web of rivalries and desire, threatening not only their work but the fate of their beloved author herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis hilarious, thought-provoking debut novel is a brilliant examination of art, celebrity, the natural world, and the power of language. It is an unforgettable, unputdownable adventure with a small but global cast of characters shaken by the shocks of love, destruction, and creation in one of Europe's last great wildernesses.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Croft\u003c\/b\u003e won a Guggenheim Fellowship for this novel, the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for her memoir \u003ci\u003eHomesick, \u003c\/i\u003eand the International Booker Prize for her translation of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk's \u003ci\u003eFlights.\u003c\/i\u003e She is the translator of Federico Falco's \u003ci\u003eA Perfect Cemetery\u003c\/i\u003e, Romina Paula's \u003ci\u003eAugust\u003c\/i\u003e, Pedro Mairal's \u003ci\u003eThe Woman from Uruguay\u003c\/i\u003e, and Olga Tokarczuk's \u003ci\u003eThe Books of Jacob\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. She lives in Tulsa and Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.4 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748767858976,"sku":"9781639731701","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c789f215dc586a6cfb42e780d069cefb.webp?v=1779915593","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-extinction-of-irena-rey-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}