The Journey

The Journey - Paperback

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The Journey - Paperback

The Journey - Paperback

by Sergio Pitol
$12.95
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"Reading Pitol, one has the impression of being before the greatest writer in the Spanish language in our time."-- Enrique Vila-Matas

The Journey features one of the world's master storytellers at work as he skillfully recounts two weeks of travel around the Soviet Union in 1986. From the first paragraph, Sergio Pitol dislocates the sense of reality, masterfully and playfully blurring the lines between fiction and fact.

This adventurous story, based on the author's own travel journals, parades through some of the territories that the author lived in and traveled through (Prague, the Caucasus, Moscow, Leningrad) as he reflects on the impact of Russia's sacred literary pantheon in his life and the power that literature holds over us all.

The Journey, the second work in Pitol's remarkable "Trilogy of Memory" (which Deep Vellum is publishing in its entirety), which won him the prestigious Cervantes Prize in 2005 and inspired the newest generation of Spanish-language writers, represents the perfect example of one of the world's greatest authors at the peak of his power.
ISBN9781941920183
Author Sergio Pitol
PublisherDeep Vellum Publishing
GenreBiography, Literature, and Travel
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2015
LanguageENG- English
Pages192
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Sergio Pitol

Sergio Pitol (1933-2018) was a Mexican author, translator, and diplomat. Pitol studied law and literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In 1960, he joined the Mexican Foreign Service, serving as a cultural attaché in cities such as Rome, Belgrade, Warsaw, Paris, Beijing, Moscow, Prague, Budapest, and Barcelona. His works include novels, short stories, and essays, such as Married Life (1991) and El arte de la fuga (1996). He is considered one of Mexico's most important writers, winning the Cervantes Prize in 2005, the most esteemed literary prize in Hispanophone literature.

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