{"product_id":"thrown-into-nature-paperback","title":"Thrown Into Nature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMilen Ruskov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAngela Rodel\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN WRITERS CONTEST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA humorous picaresque set in sixteenth-century Spain, \u003ci\u003eThrown into Nature\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Dr. Nicol s Monardes, whose medical treatise Of the Tabaco and His Great Vertues was partially responsible for introducing tobacco to Europe. His Portuguese assistant, Da Silva, narrates the absurd adventures of the wealthy and influential Dr. Monardes, who steadfastly believed that tobacco--whether the leaves were made into a poultice, the smoke was piped into the anus, or through some other bizarre application--was an infallible cure for every physical, and mental, ailment known to man. He even uses clouds of cigarella smoke to chase a poltergeist from a church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA blackly hilarious novel that hides its pessimistic reflections on the power of money, the evils of charlatanism, and the gullibility of humanity behind the comic observations and adventures of the always striving and forever bumbling Da Silva, Milen Ruskov's Thrown into Nature is a comic tour de force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMilen Ruskov\u003c\/b\u003e is a Bulgarian writer and translator. He has written two novels: \u003ci\u003ePocket Encyclopaedia of Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), which was awarded the Bulgarian Prize for Debut Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eThrown into Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), which was awarded the prize for VIK Novel of the Year. He has translated more than twenty books from English, including work by Thomas De Quincey, Martin Amis, and Mary Shelley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Rodel\u003c\/b\u003e earned an M.A. in linguistics from UCLA and received a Fulbright Fellowship to study and learn Bulgarian. In 2010 she won a PEN Translation Fund Grant for Georgi Tenev's short story collection. She is one of the most prolific translators of Bulgarian literature working today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMilen Ruskov\u003c\/b\u003e is a Bulgarian writer and translator. He has written two novels: \u003ci\u003ePocket Encyclopaedia of Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), which was awarded the Bulgarian Prize for Debut Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eThrown into Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), which was awarded the prize for VIK Novel of the Year. He has translated more than twenty books from English, including work by Thomas De Quincey, Martin Amis, and Mary Shelley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Rodel\u003c\/b\u003e earned an M.A. in linguistics from UCLA and received a Fulbright Fellowship to study and learn Bulgarian. In 2010 she won a PEN Translation Fund Grant for Georgi Tenev's short story collection. She is one of the most prolific translators of Bulgarian literature working today.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.53 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 22, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165314420871,"sku":"9781934824566","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/84e3caeb33cefa80ec31f712f8ca46c5.webp?v=1733312651","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/thrown-into-nature-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}