{"product_id":"a-handful-of-arrows","title":"A Handful of Arrows","description":"\u003cp\u003eby María Gainza\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003etranslated by Thomas Bunstead\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eOptic Nerve\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePortrait of an Unknown Lady\u003c\/em\u003e, a stunning collection of stories exploring the way works of art move both through the physical world and the cultural imagination \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne night in Buenos Aires, during the filming of Tetro, Francis Ford Coppola told María Gainza, ‘An artist comes into the world with a quiver of golden arrows’ – to be shot all in one go in youth, or slowly across an entire lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Handful of Arrows\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterpiece of miniatures, a collection of glimpses into the lives of artists: in it, you’ll find a watercolour by Cézanne stolen from a Buenos Aires museum, a walk along Thoreau’s Walden Pond, the cosmopolitan life and memories of sculptor María Simón, the travels of painter Francis Hopkinson and his assistant Moon in Mexico, a cursed painting by Titian – and, flickering in and out of view, an elusive writer and critic named María Gainza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull of gems and curiosities, and straddling the line between fiction and essay, María Gainza’s luminous book finds new ways of understanding art and history, breaking down genre barriers and inviting readers into a rich, kaleidoscopic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘María Gainza is a writer of startling intelligence and agility. In \u003cem\u003eA Handful of Arrows\u003c\/em\u003e, artists become the characters in a secret kind of novel, an inside-out novel about memory and forgetting that will leave every reader disturbed, enriched and delighted.’ \u003cstrong\u003eAdam Thirlwell \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARÍA GAINZA\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Buenos Aires, where she still lives. A longtime art critic, she has worked at \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e’ Buenos Aires bureau and written for \u003cem\u003eArtNews\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eArtforum\u003c\/em\u003e, and others. Her debut novel, \u003cem\u003eOptic Nerve\u003c\/em\u003e, was named one of \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e’ 100 Notable Books of the Year and was a finalist for the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Prize for First Fiction. Her second novel, \u003cem\u003ePortrait of an Unknown Lady\u003c\/em\u003e, won the 2019 Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editors’ Choice. She has received Konex Awards in the Visual Arts (2017) and Novel (2024) categories, and the Narrative Prize of the Argentine Academy of Letters (2026). Her work has been translated into 19 languages. \u003cem\u003eA Handful of Arrows \u003c\/em\u003eis her most recent book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHOMAS BUNSTEAD \u003c\/strong\u003eis a translator of leading Spanish-language authors, including Rodrigo Blanco Claderón, Agustín Fernández Mallo and Enrique Vila-Matas. Among other honours, he is a former Royal Literary Fellow and the recipient of the Cercador Prize, the McGinnis-Ritchie Award, an O. Henry Prize, and two PEN Translates Awards. He lives in Pembrokeshire, Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peninsula Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62938606928259,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/6230\/5432\/files\/AHandfulofArrowscover.jpg?v=1792496793","url":"https:\/\/peninsulapress.co.uk\/products\/a-handful-of-arrows","provider":"Peninsula Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}