The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft Paperback Book

Description: The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft From the International Booker Prize-winning translator and Womens Prize finalist, a propulsive, beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing in a primeval Polish forest.Eight translators arrive at a house in a forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the world-renowned author Irena Rey, and they are there to translate her magnum opus, Gray Eminence. But within days of their arrival, Irena disappears without a trace.The translators, who hail from eight different countries but share the same reverence for their beloved author, begin to investigate where she may have gone while proceeding with work on her masterpiece. They explore this ancient wooded refuge with its intoxicating slime molds and lichens, and study her exotic belongings and layered texts for clues. But doing so reveals secrets - and deceptions - of Irena Reys that they are utterly unprepared for. Forced to face their differences as they grow increasingly paranoid in this fever dream of isolation and obsession, soon the translators are tangled up in a web of rivalries and desire, threatening not only their work but the fate of their beloved author herself.This hilarious, thought-provoking second outing by award-winning translator and author Jennifer Croft is a brilliant examination of art, celebrity, the natural world, and the power of language. It is an unforgettable, unputdownable adventure with a small but global cast of characters shaken by the shocks of love, destruction, and creation in one of Europes last great wildernesses.A clever literary mystery unfolding within a labyrinth of unreliable narration and translation, it explores with wit and intricacy the ambiguities and contradictions of the translators art. The author knows whereof she writes - Jennifer Croft is an award-winning translator - and her involuted literary quest should appeal to fans of Nabokovs Pale Fire or Bolanos The Savage Detectives.-The Sydney Morning Herald, Fiction pick of the weekIts to Crofts credit that she sustains her claustrophobic narrative so deftly, with plenty of plot twists. What ultimately makes this book such a pleasure, though, is the uniqueness of its perspective. Reading a translator translating a translator is a brain-twister like no other, and it cant fail to change the way you think about language.-Carrie OGrady, The GuardianThe Extinction of Irena Rey playfully dismantles long-standing conceptions of literary translation ... Croft holds everything together with the aplomb of a more seasoned novelist.-Alice Whitmore, Sydney Review of Books FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Jennifer Croft won a Guggenheim Fellowship for The Extinction of Irena Rey, and her debut Homesick won the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing and was longlisted for the Womens Prize, while her translation of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuks Flights won the International Booker Prize. She is the translator of Federico Falcos A Perfect Cemetery, Romina Paulas August, Pedro Mairals The Woman from Uruguay, and Olga Tokarczuks The Books of Jacob. She has also received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. She lives in Los Angeles. Details ISBN1761380214 Publisher Scribe Publications Format Paperback NZ Release Date 2024-02-26 Author Jennifer Croft Pages 288 Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781761380211 Publication Date 2024-02-27 Imprint Scribe Publications Place of Publication Carlton North Country of Publication Australia Audience General AU Release Date 2024-02-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158692603;

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