{"product_id":"false-war-paperback","title":"False War - 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\u003eCarlos Manuel Álvarez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNatasha Wimmer\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ambitious, panoptic novel about exile as both condition and state of being by a major young Cuban writer \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe characters in \u003ci\u003eFalse War \u003c\/i\u003eare ambivalent castaways living lives of deep estrangement from their home country, stranded in an existential no-man's land. Some of them want to leave and can't, others do leave but never quite get anywhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this multivoiced novel, employing a dazzling range of narrative styles from noir to autofiction, Carlos Manuel Álvarez brings together the stories of many people from all walks of life through a series of interconnected daisy chains. From Havana to Mexico City to Miami, from New York to Paris to Berlin, whether toiling in a barber shop, roaring in Yankee Stadium, lost in the Louvre, intensely competing in a chess hall in Cuba, plotting a theft, or on a junket for émigré dissidents in Berlin, these characters learn that while they may seem to be on the move, in reality they are paralyzed, immersed in a fake war waged with little real passion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fractured narrative, filled with extraordinary portraits of ordinary people, reflects the disintegration that comes from being uprooted. At the same time it is full of tenderness, moments of joy and profound release. \u003ci\u003eFalse War \u003c\/i\u003econfirms Carlos Manuel Álvarez as one of the indispensable voices of his generation in Latin American letters.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarlos Manuel Álvarez is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tribe \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Fallen. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has been included in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists\" as well as Bogotá39's best Latin American writers under 40. He lives in New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNatasha Wimmer is the translator of nine books by Roberto Bolaño, including \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e2666\u003c\/i\u003e. Her recent translations include Nona Fernández's \u003ci\u003eVoyager \u003c\/i\u003eand Álvaro Enrigue's\u003ci\u003e You Dreamed of Empires\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.26 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51994661421357,"sku":"9781644453636","price":18.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/LwwUSsW21I9781644453636.webp?v=1776365429","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/false-war-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}