{"product_id":"loop-9781916465640","title":"Loop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner PEN Translates Award (UK)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecovering from an unspecified accident, the narrator of \u003cem\u003eLoop\u003c\/em\u003e finds herself in waiting rooms of different kinds: airport departure lounges, doctors' surgeries, and above all at home, awaiting the return of her boyfriend, who has travelled to Spain following the death of his mother. \u003cem\u003eLoop\u003c\/em\u003e is a love story told from the perspective of a contemporary Penelope who, instead of weaving and unravelling her shroud, writes and erases her thoughts in her 'ideal' notebook. At once, funny and thought-provoking, her thoughts range from her stationery preferences to the different scales on which life is lived, while a cast of unlikely characters cross the page, from Proust to a mysterious dwarf, from a dreamy cat to David Bowie singing 'Wild is the Wind'. Written in an assured, irreverent style, \u003cem\u003eLoop\u003c\/em\u003e is the journal of an absence, one in which the most minute or whimsical observations open up universes. Combining aphoristic fragments with introspective narrative, and evoking Italo Calvino and Fernando Pessoa in its playfulness and wry humour, this original reflection on relationships, solitude and the purpose of writing offers a glimpse of contemporary life in Mexico City, while asking what it really means to find our place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14077947\"\u003eBrenda Lozano\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Charco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781916465640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1916465641\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-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\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-FIC024000\"\u003eOccult \u0026amp; Supernatural\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Mexico City in 1981, \u003cstrong\u003eBrenda Lozano\u003c\/strong\u003e is a fiction writer, essayist and editor. She studied literature in Mexico and the United States. She edits the Chicago-based literary journal \u003cem\u003eMake\u003c\/em\u003e and is on the editorial board of Ugly Duckling Presse. In addition to \u003cem\u003eLoop\u003c\/em\u003e, she has published \u003cem\u003eTodo o nada\u003c\/em\u003e (All or Nothing, 2009), which is being adapted for the screen, and a book of short stories, \u003cem\u003eCómo piensan las piedras\u003c\/em\u003e (How Stones Think, 2017). In 2015, she was recognised by the Hay Festival and the British Council as one of the leading Mexican authors under 40 years of age, and she was selected by the Hay Festival in 2017 as one of the Bogotá39, a list of the most outstanding new authors from Latin America. \u003cem\u003eLoop\u003c\/em\u003e is her first book to appear in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnie McDermott\u003c\/strong\u003e's published and forthcoming translations include Mario Levrero's \u003cem\u003eEmpty Words\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Luminous Novel\u003c\/em\u003e (And Other Stories and Coffee House Press), \u003cem\u003eFeebleminded\u003c\/em\u003e by Ariana Harwicz (co-translation with Carolina Orloff, Charco Press) and \u003cem\u003eCity of Ulysses\u003c\/em\u003e by Teolinda Gersão (co-translation with Jethro Soutar, Dalkey Archive Press). Her translations, reviews and essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLitHub\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. Annie also edits books for Charco Press, including Julián Fuks' \u003cem\u003eResistance\u003c\/em\u003e and Giuseppe Caputo's \u003cem\u003eAn Orphan World\u003c\/em\u003e. Her translation of Almada's third novel, \u003cem\u003eBrickmakers\u003c\/em\u003e, will come out with Charco Press and Graywolf in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704412868845,"sku":"9781916465640","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ef352057-9079-4c72-a7d6-3ebdf73567a3.jpg?v=1649997183","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/loop-9781916465640","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}