{"product_id":"9781555974510","title":"The Translation of Dr Apelles : A Love Story","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Translation of Dr Apelles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): David Treuer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA daring new novel that \"may be David Treuer's best book\" (Charles Baxter)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe realizes he has discovered a document that could change his life forever.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Apelles, Native American translator of Native American texts, lives a diligent existence. He works at a library and, in his free time, works on his translations. Without his realizing it, his world has become small. One day he stumbles across an ancient manuscript only he can translate. What begins as a startling discovery quickly becomes a vital quest—not only to translate the document but to find love. Through the riddle of Dr Apelles's heart, \u003ci\u003eThe Translation of Dr Apelles \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the boundaries of human emotion, charts the power of the language to both imprison and liberate, and maps the true dimensions of the Native American experience. As Dr Apelles's quest nears its surprising conclusion, the novel asks the reader to speculate on whose power is greater: The imaginer or the imagined? The lover or the beloved?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this brilliant mystery of letters in the tradition of Calvino, Borges, and Saramago, David Treuer excavates the persistent myths that belittle the contemporary Native American experience and lays bare the terrible power of the imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[David Treuer] is mounting a challenge to the whole idea of Indian identity as depicted by both Native and white writers.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In David Treuer's deeply crafty, shape-shifting third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Translation of Dr Apelles\u003c\/i\u003e he echoes Virgil….He seems to want to do for Native American culture and literature what James Joyce did for the Irish: haul it into the mainstream of Western culture through sheer nerve and verve.” —\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Treuer's edgy romance celebrates our love for each other, love for the earth and love of story, the way we make sense of life in all its wildness.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThe Translation of Dr Apelles\u003c\/i\u003e is] a novel that is so intellectually rigorous and emotionally stirring, we've already told everyone who will listen to read it. And now, we're telling you.” —\u003ci\u003eTime Out Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A myriad of false documents, questionable authorships, stalled sexual encounters, and narrative disjunctions, Dr. Apelles is not to be mistaken, like the books that take the most heat in Treuer's essays, for an anthropological project. To the contrary, Treuer pushes the metatextual games of writers like J.M. Coetzee and A.S. Byatt past the point of parody.” —\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Treuer is truly an original voice.” —\u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555974510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40594778292430,"sku":"9781555974510","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_12ccc49e-56df-4fbd-b222-002c337b17cb.jpg?v=1637817731","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555974510","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}