{"product_id":"the-maltese-version-9780374619480","title":"The Maltese Version","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne day they were in love and the next, a manuscript appeared in his study, written in a \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003elanguage she didn't speak.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeonie and Max are on separate but tangled paths. Now, she might be pregnant. And he's not answering her texts, off on some questionable assignment translating poetry from a language he seems barely to know. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Ana moves through the disintegrating island house her father filled with his paintings, the house where her mother struggled to survive, she guards her poems closely. Will Max bring her success enough to keep it? Can this foreign man rewrite her words, her art, into his tongue? Does every partnership require some form of surrender? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Max blinks off the map, Leonie asks Rhoda--expert travel writer--to track him down to Malta. Once there, Rhoda might discover more than Max's indiscretions. This Mediterranean island's sun-baked wildness undermines Rhoda's sense of reality. What kind of caper is unfolding? And what will she do with this new version of herself? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharged and mischievous, Katy Simpson Smith's \u003ci\u003eThe Maltese Version\u003c\/i\u003e upends the stability of language, desire, and the ways we make meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10906413\"\u003eKaty Simpson Smith\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fsg Originals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374619480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374619484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC084040\"\u003eWorld Literature | American | 21st Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaty Simpson Smith\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. She is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Land and Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, a\u003ci\u003e Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e best book of the year; \u003ci\u003eFree Men\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Everlasting\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest historical novel of the year; and \u003ci\u003eThe Weeds\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eWe Have Raised All of You: Motherhood in the South, 1750-1835\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. She received a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. She lives in New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fsg Originals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50341142593773,"sku":"9780374619480","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/the-maltese-version-9780374619480","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}