{"product_id":"the-forgery-paperback","title":"The Forgery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAve Barrera\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEllen Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRobin Myers\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA failing artist turned forger, an architectural masterpiece hidden behind high walls, an impish vagabond, and some very resourceful, very intimidating twins--\u003cem\u003eForgery\u003c\/em\u003e pays homage to greats like Juan Rulfo and Luis Barragán, traversing late 20th Century Guadalajara with the exuberance and eccentricity of an 18th Century picaresque.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAve Barrera\u003c\/strong\u003e (Guadalajara, México, 1980) holds a Bachelor in Hispanic Literature at University of Guadalajara and for several years she was editor in Oaxaca, México. Ave has been awarded fellowships from the Fundación Carolina for a training course on publishing at the Complutense University of Madrid and the Young Creators Grant for Novel (2010 and 2014) from the Mexican National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA). Ave has worked as copywriter for e-media and once as a ghostwriter. She also writes short stories and just published the illustrated children book \u003cem\u003eUna noche en el laberinto\u003c\/em\u003e (A Night in a Labyrinth, Edebé 2014). She was recipient of the Sergio Galindo Award from the Veracruz University with her first novel \u003cem\u003ePuertas demasiado pequeñas\u003c\/em\u003e (A Door Too Small). She currently lives in México City and is writing a new novel: _ Tratado de la vida marina_ (A Treatise of Marine Life) with the support of FONCA. Her latest novel was published in 2019 in Mexico and Spain under the title \u003cem\u003eRestauración\u003c\/em\u003e (Restoration).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEllen Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e is a researcher and translator based in London. She has a PhD from Queen Mary University of London and writes about multilingualism and translation in contemporary Latin American literature. Her reviews have appeared in publications including the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, and her translations in publications including \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e and_ Latin American Literature Today_. She has been Criticism Editor at \u003cem\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/em\u003e since 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobin Myers\u003c\/strong\u003e is a New York-born, Mexico City-based poet and translator. Her translations have appeared or are forthcoming from the_ Kenyon Review_, the_ Harvard Review_, \u003cem\u003eTwo Lines\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Offing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWaxwing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBeloit Poetry Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTupelo Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eInventory\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2009, she was named a fellow of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA); in 2014, she was awarded a residency at the Banff Literary Translation Centre (BILTC); and in 2017, and she was selected to participate in the feminist translation colloquium A-Fest. Recent book-length translations include \u003cem\u003eLyric Poetry Is Dead\u003c\/em\u003e by Ezequiel Zaidenwerg (Cardboard House Press), \u003cem\u003eAnimals at the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e by Gloria Susana Esquivel (University of Texas Press), and _Cars on Fire _by Mónica Ramón Ríos (Open Letter Books).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159630385287,"sku":"9781913867157","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9feeb820722edb45318e784afb1e99a8.webp?v=1733268033","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-forgery-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}