{"product_id":"the-minotaur-at-calle-lanza","title":"The Minotaur at Calle Lanza","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eNational Books Critics Circle - 2024 Finalist: Autobiography\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWashington Post's\u003c\/span\u003e 50 most notable non-fiction books of 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Minotaur at Calle Lanza is an unforgettable travel memoir about the mysterious transformations that may lurk inside us all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eVenice, 2020.\u003c\/span\u003e As a pandemic rages across the globe, Zito Madu finds himself in a nearly deserted city, its walls and basilicas humming with strange magic. As he wanders a haunted landscape, we see him twist further into his own past: his family's difficult immigration from Nigeria to Detroit, his troubled relationship with his father, the sporadic joys of daily life and solitude, his experiences with migration, poverty, foreignness, racism, and his own rage and regret. But as it is with all labyrinths, after finding its center, will he come away unscathed, or will he transform into the gripping, fantastical monstrousness that's out to consume him whole?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith nods to Italo Calvino and Jorge Luis Borges, this surrealist debut memoir takes us into the labyrinth of memory and the monsters lurking there.","brand":"Arcadia Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42862069678160,"sku":"9781953368669B","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781953368669-l.jpg?v=1787831405","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-minotaur-at-calle-lanza","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}