{"product_id":"where-the-bird-sings-best-paperback","title":"Where the Bird Sings Best - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlejandro Jodorowsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlfred MacAdam\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe magnum opus from Alejandro Jodorowsky--director of \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, star of \u003ci\u003eJodorowsky's Dune\u003c\/i\u003e, spiritual guru behind \u003ci\u003ePsychomagic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Way of Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e, innovator behind classic comics \u003ci\u003eThe Incal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMetabarons\u003c\/i\u003e, and legend of Latin American literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere has never been an artist like the polymathic Chilean director, author, and mystic Alejandro Jodorowsky. For eight decades, he has blazed new trails across a dazzling variety of creative fields. While his psychedelic, visionary films have been celebrated by the likes of John Lennon, Marina Abramovic, and Kanye West, his novels--praised throughout Latin America in the same breath as those of Gabriel Garc a M rquez--have remained largely unknown in the English-speaking world. Until now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere the Bird Sings Best\u003c\/i\u003e tells the fantastic story of the Jodorowskys' emigration from Ukraine to Chile amidst the political and cultural upheavals of the 19th and 20th centuries. Like \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e, Jodorowsky's book transforms family history into heroic legend: incestuous beekeepers hide their crime with a living cloak of bees, a czar fakes his own death to live as a hermit amongst the animals, a devout grandfather confides only in the ghost of a wise rabbi, a transgender ballerina with a voracious sexual appetite holds a would-be saint in thrall. Kaleidoscopic, exhilarating, and erotic, \u003ci\u003eWhere the Bird Sings Best\u003c\/i\u003e expands the classic immigration story to mythic proportions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlejandro Jodorowsky\u003c\/b\u003e was born to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants in Tocopilla, Chile. From an early age, he became interested in mime and theater; at the age of 23, he left for Paris to pursue the arts, and has lived there ever since. A friend and companion of Fernando Arrabal and Roland Topor, he founded the Panic movement and has directed several classic films of this style, including \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEl Topo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSanta Sangre\u003c\/i\u003e. A mime artist, specialist in the art of tarot, and prolific author, he has written novels, poetry, short stories, essays, and over thirty successful comic books, working with such highly regarded comic book artists as Moebius and Bess. Restless Books will be publishing three of Jodorowsky's best-known books for the first time in English: \u003ci\u003eDonde mejor canta un pájaro\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eWhere the Bird Sings Best\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eEl niño del jueves negro\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Son of Black Thursday\u003c\/i\u003e), and \u003ci\u003eAlbina y los hombres perro\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eAlbina and the Dog Men\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfred MacAdam\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Latin American literature at Barnard College-Columbia University. He has translated works by Carlos Fuentes, Mario Vargas Llosa, Juan Carlos Onetti, José Donoso, and Jorge Volpi among others. He recently published an essay on the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa included in the \u003ci\u003eCambridge Companion to Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 386\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770464010528,"sku":"9781632060952","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/524db6688c1f5f359bd645bc42d2925d.webp?v=1780372222","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/where-the-bird-sings-best-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}