{"product_id":"only-a-little-while-here-hardcover","title":"Only a Little While Here - Hardcover","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\u003eMaría Ospina\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHeather Cleary\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eWinner of Colombia's National Novel Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis prizewinning novel interweaves four animal odysseys in a gripping, adventurous meditation on migration and displacement in the inextricable human and natural worlds.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOnly a Little While Here\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author María Ospina evokes the gratification to be found through close, humble observation of nature. With characteristic precision and intensity, Ospina trains our attention on the lives of five creatures: a migratory songbird dazzled by city lights, an orphaned porcupine saved by kindness, two dogs grieving the loss of their human companions, and a determined beetle transported to a vast, unimaginable world. The surprising drama of their lives reveals the fragility and power of belonging, and what it means to create--or lose--a home. Along the way, our narrator models the attentiveness needed to mend the rift between humans and non-human creatures and celebrates animals' often-overlooked status as witnesses of our shared world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlive with eagle-eyed curiosity, \u003ci\u003eOnly a Little While Here\u003c\/i\u003e is ecological fiction at its most soul stirring.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaría Ospina was born in Bogotá, Colombia. She's a professor of Latin American culture at Wesleyan University. Her first book of fiction, the short story collection \u003ci\u003eAzares del cuerpo\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in Colombia, Chile, and Spain, and was translated into Italian and English (\u003ci\u003eVariations on the Body\u003c\/i\u003e). Her stories have appeared in Colombian anthologies and in literary magazines in the United States. She has also written extensively about contemporary Colombian culture in light of legacies of extractivism, violence, and war, including the book \u003ci\u003eMemory's Conundrum: Literature, Film, and Testimony at the Beginning of the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eOnly a Little While Here\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Colombian National Novel Award (2024) and the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for Literature (2023) is her first novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeather Cleary\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis based in New York and Mexico City. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTranslator's Visibility: Scenes from Contemporary Latin American Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and has written about translation for publications such as \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwo Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other translations include María Ospina's short story collection \u003ci\u003eVariations on the Body\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReservoir Bitches \u003c\/i\u003eby Dahlia de la Cerda (nominee, International Booker Prize), \u003ci\u003eRecital of the Dark Verses \u003c\/i\u003eby Luis Felipe Fabre (winner, Queen Sofía Spanish Institute Translation Prize), \u003ci\u003ePink Slime \u003c\/i\u003eby Fernanda Trias, and \u003ci\u003eComemadre \u003c\/i\u003eby Roque Larraquy (both nominated for the National Book Award in Translation), as well as a selected works of Oliverio Girondo titled \u003ci\u003ePoems to Read on a Streetcar\u003c\/i\u003e. Cleary holds a PhD in Latin American and Iberian cultures from Columbia University and previously taught at Sarah Lawrence College.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.38 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51994272039213,"sku":"9781668097083","price":27.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/mWtdSjnDnA9781668097083.webp?v=1776354631","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/only-a-little-while-here-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}