A Practical Guide to Levitation Paperback

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On the sands of Itamarac, an old fisherman dreams of fish: shad in the morning, when the waters smooth and silvery, the Atlantic tarpon after it rains, and a jack when the sea goes blue. Elsewhere, Borges sulks away in a plantation of neverending banana tree, and the president of the United States wakes from a coma speaking only Portuguese. Vividly translated by long-time Agualusa collaborator Daniel Hahn, the jewel-like tales gathered in this collection are an exuberant celebration of story-telling in all its various forms. With the lyrical experimentalism and unabashed weirdness of the surrealist (The Arts Desk), Agualusa offers a sly wink to the fictional quality inherent in all narratives, whether theyre fishermens tales, national histories, or the stories we tell ourselves.