{"product_id":"the-extinction-of-irena-rey-9781639731701","title":"The Extinction of Irena Rey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the International Booker Prize-winning translator and Women's Prize finalist, an utterly beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing in a primeval Polish forest.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEight translators arrive at a house in a primeval Polish forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the world-renowned author Irena Rey, and they are there to translate her magnum opus, \u003ci\u003eGray Eminence. \u003c\/i\u003eBut within days of their arrival, Irena disappears without a trace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 Rey's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis hilarious, thought-provoking debut novel 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 Europe's last great wildernesses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Croft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639731701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/19\/2024 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Croft\u003c\/b\u003e won a Guggenheim Fellowship for this novel, the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for her memoir \u003ci\u003eHomesick, \u003c\/i\u003eand the International Booker Prize for her translation of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk's \u003ci\u003eFlights.\u003c\/i\u003e She is the translator of Federico Falco's \u003ci\u003eA Perfect Cemetery\u003c\/i\u003e, Romina Paula's \u003ci\u003eAugust\u003c\/i\u003e, Pedro Mairal's \u003ci\u003eThe Woman from Uruguay\u003c\/i\u003e, and Olga Tokarczuk's \u003ci\u003eThe Books of Jacob\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. She lives in Tulsa and Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44974796538070,"sku":"639731701","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/products\/img_942d8fa3-b9ca-4f63-b999-e22609b0e317.jpg?v=1707831918","url":"https:\/\/bookclubonmain.com\/products\/the-extinction-of-irena-rey-9781639731701","provider":"Book Club On Main","version":"1.0","type":"link"}