{"product_id":"the-scale-of-maps-paperback","title":"The Scale of Maps - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBelén Gopegui\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Schafer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSergio Prim is a staid, middle-aged geographer. The romantic advances of Brezo Varela, a lively young woman who shares his profession, induce a series of terrifying hallucinations from which he attempts to seek refuge by immersing himself in the quest to map a place in which love never results in disillusionment. A lyrical examination of language, imagination and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBel n Gopegui\u003c\/strong\u003e burst onto the Spanish literary scene in 1993, bowling over critics with her masterful debut \u003cem\u003eLa escala de los mapas\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Scale of Maps\u003c\/em\u003e), which was hailed as a masterpiece. This is her first work translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBelén Gopegui\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Madrid in October 1963. In 1993, she burst onto the Spanish literary scene with her first novel, \u003cem\u003eLa escala de los mapas\u003c\/em\u003e [The Scale of Maps]. Her masterful debut bowled over critics, winning both the Tigre Juan Prize and the \"Santiago del Nuevo Extremo\" Iberoamerican Prize for First Novel. Since then, Gopegui has published six more novels, and her work has been translated into French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Polish, Turkish, Serbian, Finnish and Dutch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Schafer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a literary translator and visual artist who lives in Roxbury, Massachusetts and teaches Spanish and Translation at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Schafer has translated novels, short stories, essays and poetry by other Latin American authors including Gloria Gervitz, Alberto Ruy Sánchez, Jesús Gardea, Eduardo Galeano and Antonio José Ponte. Schafer has received numerous grants and awards for his translations, including the Robert Fitzgerald Prize and two Translation Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Schafer edited and translated the anthology Before Saying Any of the Great Words: Selected Poetry of David Huerta, which was published in January 2009 by Copper Canyon Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758099956000,"sku":"9780872865105","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/267fe6381c4341e8196ed86340b3b3cf.webp?v=1780117975","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-scale-of-maps-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}