{"product_id":"the-mulai-9781552455197","title":"The Mulai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInterstellar \u003c\/i\u003evia \u003ci\u003eInvisible Cities\u003c\/i\u003e: spec-fic translated from Spanish imagines life on another planet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn archeologist travels to a distant planet to spend time among a mysterious community: a people who live in temperature-controlled domes, worship a deity called Dog, and repeat an elliptical phrase from which they draw their name: mulai, the tree comes. The descendants of a long-forgotten space mission, the Mulai have abandoned the social norms that once bound them to Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver centuries of isolation, their language has become more about change than stability, and the ways they eat, write, reproduce, bury their dead, and understand gender have all transformed into something almost unrecognizable. As the archeologist records his attempts to understand their world - a strange negative of our own - questions of translation, meaning-making, and the ultimate precarity of civilization come to the fore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on Borges, Le Guin, and Calvino, \u003ci\u003eThe Mulai\u003c\/i\u003e is a mind-bending work of metafiction whose interlocking puzzles resound with Munir Hachemi's singularly playful and eclectic style.\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-18004969\"\u003eMunir Hachemi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552455197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155245519X\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-FIC028130\"\u003eScience Fiction | Space Exploration\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-FIC025000\"\u003ePsychological\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-FIC040000\"\u003eAlternative History\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMunir Hachemi's \u003c\/b\u003ecareer as a writer began with them selling their stories in the form of fanzines in the bars of the Lavapiés neighbourhood of Madrid. They are the author of \u003ci\u003eCosas vivas\u003c\/i\u003e (2018, translated as \u003ci\u003eLiving Things\u003c\/i\u003e, 2024) and \u003ci\u003eEl árbol viene \u003c\/i\u003e(2023, translated as \u003ci\u003eThe Mulai\u003c\/i\u003e, 2026), and are also a translator from Chinese and English. In 2021, they appeared on \u003ci\u003eGranta's \u003c\/i\u003eBest of Young Spanish-Language Novelists list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Sanches\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator working from Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan. Born in Brazil, she currently resides in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50151841333485,"sku":"9781552455197","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-mulai-9781552455197","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}