{"product_id":"an-earthquake-is-a-shaking-of-the-surface-of-the-earth-paperback","title":"An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Moschovakis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA formidable, uncanny, and utterly unique new work from accomplished novelist and poet, Anna Moschovakis, whose translation of David Diop's Fr?re d'?me (At Night All Blood Is Black, Pushkin and FSG) won the 2021 International Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a seismic event leaves the world shattered, an unnamed narrator at the end of a mediocre acting career struggles to regain the ability to walk on ground that is in constant motion. When her alluring younger housemate, Tala, disappears, what had begun as an obsession grows into an impulse to kill, forcing the narrator to confront the meaning of the ruptures that have suddenly upended her life. The drive to find and eliminate Tala becomes an existential pursuit, leading back in time and out into a desolate, dust-covered city, where the narrator is targeted by charismatic \"healing\" ideologues with uncertain motives. Torn between a gnawing desire to reckon with the forces that have made her and an immediate need to find the stability to survive, she is forced to question familiar figurations of light, shadow, authenticity, resistance, and the limits of personal transformation in an alienated, alienating world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e Darkly comic, deeply resonant, and hallucinatory in tone, An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to readers of Annie Ernaux, Dionne Brand, and Sheila Heti.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANNA MOSCHOVAKIS\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and translator whose most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eParticipation\u003c\/i\u003e (2022, Coffee House Press). Other books include the novel \u003ci\u003eEleanor\u003c\/i\u003e, or, \u003ci\u003eThe Rejection of the Progress of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and poetry books \u003ci\u003eThey, We Will Get Into Trouble for This and You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThree Others Are Approaching a Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. She has also translated Albert Cossery's \u003ci\u003eThe Jokers\u003c\/i\u003e, Annie Ernaux's \u003ci\u003eThe Possession\u003c\/i\u003e, and various others. She is a member of the publishing collective Ugly Duckling Presse, and co-founder of Bushel Collective, an experimental mixed-use storefront space in Delhi, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378665451622,"sku":"9781593767839","price":24.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/FsiVxCCraQ9781593767839.webp?v=1768907553","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/an-earthquake-is-a-shaking-of-the-surface-of-the-earth-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}