{"product_id":"diaries-of-emilio-renzi-a-day-in-the-life-the","title":"Diaries of Emilio Renzi: A Day in the Life, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSixty years in the making and the capstone of a monumental literary career, \u003ci\u003eThe Diaries of Emilio Renzi: A Day in the Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the final volume of the autobiographical trilogy from the author who is considered Borges' heir and the vanguard of the Post-Boom generation of Latin American literature. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow could we define a perfect day? Maybe it would be better to say: how could I narrate a perfect day?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs that why I write a diary? To capture--or reread--one of those days of unexpected happiness?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final installment of Ricardo Piglia's lifelong compilation of journals completes the seemingly impossible project of documenting the entire life of a writer. \u003ci\u003eA Day in the Life\u003c\/i\u003e picks up the thread of Piglia's life in the 1980s until his death from ALS in 2017. Emilio Renzi, Piglia's literary alter ego, navigates the tumultuous ups and downs of a post-Peronist Argentina filled with political unrest, economic instability, and a burgeoning literary scene ready to make its mark on the rest of the world and escape the shadows of legendary authors Jorge Luis Borges and Roberto Arlt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenzi's peripatetic, drinking, philandering ways don't abate as he grows older, and we're exposed to the intrinsic insecurities that continually plague him even as fate tips in his favor and he goes on to win international literary prizes and becomes professor emeritus of Princeton University. His literary success is marred only by the disappointments and tragedies of his personal life as he deals with the death of friends and family, failed relationships, and the constant pecuniary struggles of a writer trying to live solely on his ability to produce art. The final sections of this ambitious project intimately trace the deterioration of Piglia's body after his diagnosis: \u003ci\u003eMy right hand is heavy and uncooperative but I can still write. When I can no longer. . . .\u003c\/i\u003e The crowning achievement of a prolific, internationally acclaimed author, this third volume cements Ricardo Piglia's position as one of the most influential Latin American authors of the last century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Diaries of Emilio Renzi: A Day in the Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" A] posthumous autobiographical masterpiece. . . .  P]rofoundly moving. A meditation on both the accumulation and ephemerality of time, Piglia's final work is a brilliant addition to world literature.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Filled with literary aper us and fragments of history: an elegant, aff\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Restless Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39329369030756,"sku":"9781632060471","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/diaries-of-emilio-renzi-a-day-in-the-life-the","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}