{"title":"Agustín Fernández Mallo","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the world of \u003cem\u003eAgustín Fernández Mallo\u003c\/em\u003e, an innovative voice in contemporary literature. Celebrated for his boundary-pushing works, Fernández Mallo masterfully blends narrative styles and genres to create immersive reading experiences. His writing is reflective, conceptual, and often experiments with our understanding of fiction in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection includes the critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eNocilla Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e, which comprises \u003cem\u003eNocilla Dream\u003c\/em\u003e and its sequels. This trilogy is a landmark of Spanish-language fiction, often described as a literary mosaic that intertwines various narratives and characters across geography and time, creating an engaging tapestry of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnother gem in this collection is \u003cem\u003eThe Book of All Loves\u003c\/em\u003e, a reflective journey into themes of love and connection, showcasing Fernández Mallo’s unique ability to weave philosophical insights with compelling storytelling. His works fall under the \u003cstrong\u003eGeneral Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e genre, yet they transcend traditional narrative boundaries, inviting readers to explore new perspectives and ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDive into Agustín Fernández Mallo's collection to experience literature that challenges conventions and ignites the imagination through its bold and original narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"nocilla-dream-by-agustin-fernandez-mallo-9781910695029","title":"Nocilla Dream","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNocilla Dream\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most daring literary experiments of recent years, exploring the mysterious connections between the lives of marginal figures in a globalised society. Everything starts in the Nevada desert, where a solitary tree is covered in pairs of shoes. By a butterfly effect, a chain of events affects a host of bad B-movie characters littered across the globe: brothel blondes in the Midwest dream of absconding eastwards with their favourite clients; anti-crats live in newly formed micro-nations underground; an Argentine man living in a motel in Las Vegas builds a peculiar monument to Jorge Luis Borges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFull of references to indie cinema, collage, conceptual art, practical architecture, the history of computers and the decadence of the novel, the first instalment of the Nocilla Trilogy finds beauty in emptiness and kick-started a regeneration in Spanish literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46550274539756,"sku":"9781910695029","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7704573482868.jpg?v=1749966061"},{"product_id":"nocilla-trilogy-by-agustin-fernandez-mallo-9781804270080","title":"Nocilla Trilogy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA landmark in contemporary Spanish literature, Agustín Fernández Mallo's \u003cem\u003eNocilla Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e—made up of the novels \u003cem\u003eNocilla Dream\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNocilla Experience\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNocilla Lab\u003c\/em\u003e—is a project for our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReading takes the form of literary channel surfing: we flick through an audacious network of chopped-up stories, recycled texts, and mixed-media collages, and try to find the signal in the noise, reflecting the dizzying search for meaning that characterises life in our digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe globe-spanning narratives that explode across the trilogy take us from a lone poplar tree in the Nevada desert to a barnacle-covered cliff in Galicia, Spain, through scientific treatises and film-editing manuals, personal journals, and comic strips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe books are full of references to indie cinema, theoretical physics, conceptual art, practical architecture, the history of computers, and the decadence of the novel. And yet, for all the freewheeling, fragmentary swagger, a startling order emerges and takes hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeerless in its daring, \u003cem\u003eNocilla Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e charts a hidden and exhilarating cartography of contemporary experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46713120620780,"sku":"9781804270080","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10715103482830.jpg?v=1754318883"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-all-loves-by-agustin-fernandez-mallo-9781804270790","title":"The Book of All Loves","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of the Great Blackout, faced with the near-extinction of humanity, a pair of lovers speak to each other. They parse, with precision, with familiarity, the endless aspects of their love. Out of their dialogues, piece by piece, a composite image of love takes form, one that moves outwards beyond the realm of relationships and into philosophy, geology, physics, linguistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYears previously, a writer and her husband, a Latin professor, stay in Venice while she works on a text. 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