{"product_id":"the-lost-steps-paperback","title":"The Lost Steps - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlejo Carpentier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAdrian Nathan West\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLeonardo Padura\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If Carpentier is ever to get a new reading in English, it should be now. . . . West's translations . . . reintroduce English-language readers to this giant of Latin American fiction.\" --Natasha Wimmer, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe best-known book by Cuba's most important twentieth-century novelist, in its first new English translation in more than sixty years and featuring a new introduction by Leonardo Padura \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDissatisfied with his empty, Sisyphus-like existence in New York City, where he has abandoned his creative dreams for a job in corporate advertising, a highly cultured aspiring composer wants nothing more than to tear his life up from the root. He soon finds his escape hatch: a university-sponsored mission to South America to look for indigenous musical instruments in one of the few areas of the world not yet touched by civilization. Retracing the steps of time, he voyages with his lover into a land that feels outside of history, searching not just for music but ultimately for himself, and turning away from modernity toward the very heart of what makes us human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlejo Carpentier\u003c\/b\u003e (1904-1980) was one of the major Latin American writers of the twentieth century, as well as a classically trained pianist and musicologist. His best-known novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Steps\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Explosion in a Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom of This World\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, and raised in Havana, Cuba, Carpentier lived for many years in France and Venezuela before returning to Cuba after the 1959 revolution. A few years later he returned to France, where he lived until his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrian Nathan West\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) has translated more than thirty books from Spanish, Catalan, and German, including Benjamin Labatut's \u003ci\u003eWhen We Cease to Understand the World\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for both the National Book Award for Translated Literature and the International Booker Prize. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetics of Degradation \u003c\/i\u003eand the novel \u003ci\u003eMy Father's Diet\u003c\/i\u003e, and his essays and literary criticism have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books, London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Philadelphia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeonardo Padura\u003c\/b\u003e (introduction) is the most internationally successful contemporary Cuban novelist, as well as a journalist and critic. His novels featuring the detective Mario Conde have been translated into many languages and have won literary prizes around the world. Padura lives in Havana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.64 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764791443744,"sku":"9780143133896","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/73ddcd50e77ddc4fd489921fd1311fc9.webp?v=1780254819","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-lost-steps-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}