{"product_id":"a-practical-guide-to-levitation-stories","title":"A Practical Guide to Levitation: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA luminous collection of dryly humorous stories that revel in the surreal and fantastic, from the pen of José Eduardo Agualusa, winner of the International Dublin Literary Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVividly translated into English for the first time by long-time Agualusa collaborator Daniel Hahn, the jewel-like tales gathered in this collection are an exuberant celebration of story-telling in all its various forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the sands of Itamaracá, an old fisherman dreams of fish: shad in the morning, when the water’s smooth and silvery, the Atlantic tarpon after it rains, and a jack when the sea goes blue. Elsewhere, Borges sulks away in a plantation of neverending banana tree, and the president of the United States wakes from a coma speaking only Portuguese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith “the lyrical experimentalism and unabashed weirdness of the surrealist” (The Arts Desk), Agualusaoffers a sly wink to the fictional quality inherent in all narratives, whether they’re fishermen’s tales, national histories, or the stories we tell ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jose Eduardo Agualusa, Daniel Hahn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45348464295983,"sku":"9781953861627","price":1999.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9781953861627.jpg?v=1778746056","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/a-practical-guide-to-levitation-stories","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}