{"product_id":"the-lisbon-syndrome-paperback","title":"The Lisbon Syndrome - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEduardo Sánchez Rugeles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Filev\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWORLD LITERATURE TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE TRANSLATION OF 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sudden catastrophe in Europe exposes the slow-motion destruction of a generation of Venezuelans and their struggle against repression.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Lisbon Syndrome\u003c\/em\u003e, a disaster annihilates Portugal's capital. In Caracas, Lisbon's sister city and home to many thousands of Portuguese, few details filter through the censored state media.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFernando runs a theater program for young people in Caracas, teaching and performing classics like \u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMother Courage\u003c\/em\u003e. His benefactor, Old Moreira, is a childless Portuguese immigrant who recalls the Lisbon of his youth. Fernando's students suffer from what they begin to call \"the Lisbon syndrome,\" an acute awareness that there are no possibilities left for them in a country devastated by a murderous, criminal regime. A series of confrontations between demonstrators and government forces draw the students and their teacher toward danger. One disappears into the state secret prisons where dissidents are tortured. The arts center that was their sanctuary is attacked, and Fernando is pulled into the battle in the streets. \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lisbon Syndrome \u003c\/em\u003eis the most trenchant contemporary novel to offer a glimpse of life and death in Venezuela. But Sánchez Rugeles's bleak vision is lightened by his wry humor, and by characters who show us the humanity behind stark headlines. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEduardo Sánchez Rugeles\u003c\/strong\u003e is a fiction writer, screenwriter, and teacher. His five previous novels are: \u003cem\u003eBlue Label\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Arturo Uslar Pietri award for Latin American literature and shortlisted for the Critics Award of Venezuela; \u003cem\u003eTransylvania, Unplugged\u003c\/em\u003e, shortlisted for the Arturo Uslar Pietri award; \u003cem\u003eLiubliana\u003c\/em\u003e, honorable mention, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Bicentennial Literary Award, and winner of the Critics Award of Venezuela; \u003cem\u003eJezebel\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eJulián\u003c\/em\u003e. He is cowriter of the films \u003cem\u003eOpposite Direction\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJezebel\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Consequences\u003c\/em\u003e. He presently lives in Madrid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Filev\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Melbourne-based literary translator and editor who translates from the Macedonian and the Spanish. His translations include the novels \u003cem\u003eAlma Mahler\u003c\/em\u003e by Sasho Dimoski (Dalkey Archive Press, 2018), \u003cem\u003eBlue Label\u003c\/em\u003e by Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles (Turtle Point Press, 2018), and the anthology \u003cem\u003eContemporary Macedonian Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e (Dalkey Archive Press, 2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767929372960,"sku":"9781933527543","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/809bb4fa1db20d9ab7d615f05268203d.webp?v=1780320756","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-lisbon-syndrome-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}