Sidewalks, Paperback
Descriere
""Grantland"" Book of the Year""Vol. 1 Brooklyn,"" A Year of Favorites, Jason Diamond""Book Riot,"" 2014 s Must-Read Books from Indie Presses ""Valeria Luiselli is a writer of formidable talent, destined to be an important voice in Latin American letters. Her vision and language are precise, and the power of her intellect is in evidence on every page.""Daniel Alarcon""I'm completely captivated by the beauty of the paragraphs, the elegance of the prose, the joy in the written word, and the literary sense of this author.""Enrique Vilas-Matas Valeria Luiselli is an evening cyclist; a literary tourist in Venice, searching for Joseph Brodsky's tomb; an excavator of her own artifacts, unpacking from a move. In essays that are as companionable as they are ambitious, she uses the city to exercise a roving, meandering intelligence, seeking out the questions embedded in our human landscapes. Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City in 1983 and grew up in South Africa. Her novel and essays have been translated into many languages and her work has appeared in publications including the ""New York Times,"" ""Granta,"" and ""Mc Sweeney's."" Some of her recent projects include a ballet performed by the New York City Ballet in Lincoln Center; a pedestrian sound installation for the Serpentine Gallery in London; and a novella in installments for workers in a juice factory in Mexico. She lives in New York City.""
Despre autor
Valeria Luiselli este o autoare mexicano-americană. Este autoarea cărții de eseuri Sidewalks și a romanului Faces in the Crowd, care a câștigat Premiul Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum pentru Prima Ficțiune. Cărțile Valeriei Luiselli au fost traduse în mai mult de 20 de limbi, iar scrierile sale au apărut în publicații precum The New York Times, Granta, McSweeney's și The New Yorker.
