{"product_id":"archipelago-tr-by-natalie-bakopoulos","title":"Archipelago TR by Natalie Bakopoulos","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eTin House\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2025-08-19)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e248\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781963108309\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e260.82\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e21.59 x 13.97 x 1.78\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalie Bakopoulos’s \u003ci\u003eArchipelago\u003c\/i\u003e is a striking, haunting novel that offers meditations on the slippery borders of nations, languages, middle age, and the self.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way to a translation writing residency on the Dalmatian coast, Archipelago’s unnamed narrator has an unsettling, aggressive encounter with a man on a ferry, which sets off a series of strange events. At the residency, she reunites with Luka, an old friend who seems to have included a version of her in his novel. They strike up a romantic relationship as she continues her translation work.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe hazy summer stretches on until, after a sudden shift, she embarks upon an impulsive road trip back to Greece, crossing borders. Spare and lyrical, with subversions of the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e and its singular Ithaca, \u003ci\u003eArchipelago\u003c\/i\u003e charts a wending journey back to the narrator’s family house—not simply back to a self and home, but beyond it.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalie Bakopoulos\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eScorpionfish\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Green Shore\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNinth Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVQR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMississippi Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMQR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eO. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and various other publications. She received her MFA from the University of Michigan, has received fellowships from the Camargo and MacDowell foundations and the Sozopol Fiction Seminars, and was a 2015 Fulbright Fellow in Athens, Greece. She’s an assistant professor at Wayne State University in Detroit. Her book reviews have regularly appeared in the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and she's a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eFiction Writers Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She’s on the faculty of Writing Workshops in Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45500296069281,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781963108309","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781963108309.jpg?v=1764893888","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/archipelago-tr-by-natalie-bakopoulos","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}