{"id":628,"date":"2024-02-02T03:17:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T03:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/?page_id=628"},"modified":"2024-04-20T15:10:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T15:10:45","slug":"maps_book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/index.php\/books\/maps_book\/","title":{"rendered":"maps_book"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"628\" class=\"elementor elementor-628\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-440edd21 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"440edd21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35ea2e3d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35ea2e3d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bel\u00e9n Gopegui (Spain) \u2013 City Lights Books \u2013 2011<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-317aa44e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"317aa44e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57d33455 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57d33455\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From reviews of <i>The Scale of Maps<\/i>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf8a654 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cf8a654\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cGopegui&#8217;s work is beautifully composed and elegantly translated, though Sergio&#8217;s fundamental elusiveness leaves the reader empty-handed and lovelorn, which, depending on the reader, will be a disappointment or a stroke of brilliance. \u2013 <em>Publishers Weekly<\/em><\/p><p>\u201cIn an interview in<em> El Mundo<\/em>, Gopegui is asked which of her books to start with, and she answers, <em>The Scale of Maps<\/em>. \u2026 <em>The Scale of Maps <\/em>is a rapturous and dazzling achievement, and I, for one, am waiting impatiently for the opportunity to read more of Gopegui.\u201d &#8211; John Yargo, <em>The Rumpus<\/em><\/p><p>\u201cSound is important to narrative as well as to poetry, and the attention to sound is a strength of Schafer\u2019s translation. <em>The Scale of Maps <\/em>is a meditative, obsessive novel, rewarding in the clarity of its expression and the provocation of its questions.\u201d &#8211; Amalia Gladhart, <em>Belletrista<\/em><\/p><p>\u201cI\u2019ve said before that I\u2019ve never read a Spanish to English translation without feeling like I was missing something. 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