{"product_id":"traveller-of-the-century-book-andrs-neuman-9781906548667","title":"Traveller of the Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted and named \"a very close contender\" for the 2013 \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e Foreign Fiction Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA novel of philosophy and love, politics and waltzes, history and the here-and-now, Andrés Neuman's \u003cem\u003eTraveller of the Century\u003c\/em\u003e is a journey into the soul of Europe, penned by one of the most exciting South-American writers of our time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Every year hundreds of books are published but rarely comes a book that reminds us of why we loved reading in the first place, that innermost quest for words and dreams. Traveller of the Century is a literary gem' Elif Shafak\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA traveller stops off for the night in the mysterious city of Wandernburg. He intends to leave the following day, but the city begins to ensnare him with its strange, shifting geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Hans befriends an old organ grinder, and falls in love with Sophie, the daughter of a local merchant, he finds it impossible to leave. Through a series of memorable encounters with starkly different characters, Neuman takes the reader on a hypothetical journey back into post-Napoleonic Europe, subtly evoking its parallels with our modern era.\u003cbr\u003eAt the heart of the novel lies the love story between Sophie and Hans. They are both translators, and between dictionaries and bed, bed and dictionaries,they gradually build up their own fragile common language. \u003cbr\u003eThrough their relationship Neuman explores the idea that all love is an act of translation, and that all translation is an act of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A beautiful, accomplished novel: as ambitious as it is generous, as moving as it is smart' \u003cbr\u003e— Juan Gabriel Vásquez, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA big, utterly captivating murder mystery and love story, full of history and politics and the hottest sex in contemporary fiction\u003c\/p\u003e— \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A thought-provoking historical romance, in which sex and philosophy mingle to delightful effect.'\u003cbr\u003e— Ángel Gurría Quintana, \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times, Best Books of 2012\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovel of the century\u003c\/p\u003e— Lawrence Norfolk\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrés Neuman\u003c\/strong\u003e (b.1977) was born in Buenos Aires and later moved to Granada, Spain. Selected as one of \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e magazine's Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists, Neuman was included in the Hay Festival's \u003cem\u003eBogotá 39\u003c\/em\u003e list. He has published numerous novels, short stories, essays and poetry collections. He received the Hiperión Prize for Poetry for \u003cem\u003eEl tobogán\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTraveller of the Century\u003c\/em\u003e won the Alfaguara Prize and the National Critics Prize in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49559066018065,"sku":"GOR003850018","price":13.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49656114807057,"sku":"GOR006770731","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1906548668.jpg?v=1751124701","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/traveller-of-the-century-book-andrs-neuman-9781906548667","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}