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  • Fireflies

    by Luis Sagasti ...
    Translated by Fionn Petch ...
    How do we even begin to narrate the history of the world? Where do we start, and where do we end? Fireflies is Sagasti’s bold and original attempt to answer these questions. Roaming across time and geography, he lights on an eclectic array of characters and events that at first glance seem unrelated, and teases out their stories to reveal unexpected points of contact between them. Stanley Kubrick, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Musical Offering

    by Luis Sagasti ...
    Translated by Fionn Petch ...
    A lyrical celebration of storytelling, of childhood, and of the transformative power of music.Tracing a circular course that echoes Bach’s Goldberg Variations , Luis Sagasti’s second book to appear in English takes the guise of a musical scheherazade, recounting story after story, vibrating to celestial harmonies. From the music born of the sun to the music sent into space on the Voyager mission, ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The World We Saw Burning

    by Renato Cisneros ...
    Translated by Fionn Petch ...
    Matías Roeder, a young man with an Italian father, German mother, and a sense of stagnation he is desperate to escape from, hops a boat from Peru to New York with vague plans but a firm intention to never go home again. This familiar story of migration—the odd jobs, the romances, the Bowery bars—goes sideways when Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and he joins the US Air Force as part of a bombing crew. ... Read more

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  • The Distance Between Us

    by Renato Cisneros ...
    Translated by Fionn Petch ...
    ‘This is an impressive book. In writing it the author demonstrates great talent, as well as great courage.’
 —Mario Vargas Llosa*If I succeed in understanding who he was before I was born, perhaps I will be able to understand who I am now that he is dead…*In this sprawling family saga stretching across Latin America, a son embarks on a journey to understand his complex relationship with his father ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Feminism for the World

    by Lola Olufemi, Françoise Vergès, Silvia Federici, Verónica Gago, Zahra Ali, Rama Salla Dieng, Sayak Valencia, Djamila Ribeiro ...
    Translated by Sophie Lewis, Fionn Petch ...
    In the years since #MeToo, misogyny, sexism and gender-based violence have flooded the news and our social media timelines. Anti-privilege politics and intersectionality have entered the mainstream—systematically trolled on one end of the spectrum; embraced, to questionable ends, on the other. But what has this increased visibility entailed, other than the marketisation of the feminist struggle ... Read more

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  • Fate

    by Jorge Consiglio ...
    Translated by Carolina Orloff, Fionn Petch ...
    This novel focuses on a group of characters who are all in different ways endeavouring to take control of their fate. Their desire to lead a genuine existence forces them to confront difficult decisions, and to break out of comfortable routines.Karl and Marina have been together for ten years and have a young son, Simón. Karl is a German-born oboist at Argentina’s national orchestra, and Marina is ... Read more

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  • A People's History of Football

    by Mickaël Correia ...
    Translated by Fionn Petch ...
    Series series People's History
    ‘A fascinating journey through the game’s history [as] a vehicle of change’ Shaka Hislop, former footballer, anti-racist educator and broadcaster‘Correia takes us around the world to examine how football has produced the kind of political energy that can change minds and even topple governments’ Dave Zirin, Sports Editor, The Nation‘An essential history of [the] fans, players and teams that built ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A People's History of Soccer

    by Mickaël Correia ...
    Translated by Fionn Petch ...
    Series series People's History
    ‘Correia takes us around the world to examine how soccer has produced the kind of political energy that can change minds and even topple governments’ Dave Zirin, Sports Editor, The Nation‘A fascinating journey through the game’s history [as] a vehicle of change’ Shaka Hislop, former player, anti-racist educator and broadcaster‘An essential read for soccer fans everywhere’ Juliet Jacques, writer, ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • You Shall Leave Your Land

    by Renato Cisneros ...
    Translated by Fionn Petch ...
    The history of Peru unfolds in the lives of the descendants of seven children fathered by a Catholic priest and his longtime secret lover.Renato Cisneros's great-great-grandmother Nicolasa bore seven children by her long-term secret love, who was also her priest, raising them alone in nineteenth century Peru. More than a century later, Renato, the descendent of that clandestine affair, struggles ... Read more

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    A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert J. C. Young ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial deconstruction of western dominance. This Very Short Introduction discusses both the history and key debates of postcolonialism, and considers its importance as a means of changing the way we think about the world. Robert J. C. Young examines the key strategies that postcolonial ... Read more

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  • The Power of Identity

    by Manuel Castells ...
    Series Book 14 - Information Age Series
    In this second volume of The Information Age trilogy, with an extensive new preface following the recent global economic crisis, Manuel Castells deals with the social, political, and cultural dynamics associated with the technological transformation of our societies and with the globalization of the economy.Extensive new preface examines how dramatic recent events have transformed the socio ... Read more

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  • The End of the Cognitive Empire

    The Coming of Age of Epistemologies of the South

    by Boaventura de Sousa Santos ...
    In The End of the Cognitive Empire Boaventura de Sousa Santos further develops his concept of the "epistemologies of the South," in which he outlines a theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical framework for challenging the dominance of Eurocentric thought. As a collection of knowledges born of and anchored in the experiences of marginalized peoples who actively resist capitalism, colonialism, ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD