{"product_id":"a-toast-to-st-martiriza-9781566897273","title":"A Toast to St. Martirià","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Cinema should be this: making perception of time and space more intense.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe town of Banyoles, an hour and a half from Barcelona, hosts a festival every year named after its patron, Saint Martyrianus (or, in Catalan, Martirià). There are horse races, there are local delicacies and dances, and there is always someone elected to be the festival's \u003ci\u003epregoner\u003c\/i\u003e--literally, \"town cryer.\" This person is given the signal honor of opening the fair with a celebratory speech, and in 2022, the controversial and acclaimed filmmaker Albert Serra, born in Banyoles, was handed the microphone. He opened his mouth. . . and this book emerged, whole and entirely improvised. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePuckish, confrontational, subversive, and always dripping with Serra's impulsive lust for life, \u003ci\u003eA Toast to St Martirià\u003c\/i\u003e is a headlong journey through the director's formative years and early relationships, all played out against the nightlife of his hometown. These are the experiences that have shaped his own peculiar conception of the movies, art, and life, focused not on metropolitan glamor but the slower pace of the countryside, the little moments lost between edits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17328646\"\u003eAlbert Serra\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566897273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1566897270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO005000\"\u003eEntertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER004010\"\u003eFilm | Direction \u0026amp; Production\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlbert Serra is a Spanish independent filmmaker and manager of the production company Andergraun Films. He is best known for his films \u003ci\u003ePacifiction\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), winner of the Louis Delluc Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Louis XIV\u003c\/i\u003e (2016); and \u003ci\u003eThe Story of My Death\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatthew Tree is a writer and translator in English and Catalan. He has published fourteen works of fiction and nonfiction in both English and Catalan. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eCatalonia Today\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEl Punt Avui\u003c\/i\u003e. Matthew currently lives between Barcelona and the lakeside town of Banyoles.","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50810563559721,"sku":"9781566897273","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/img_ab58f236-0f04-4fb4-926f-0c9975772ff0.jpg?v=1755527982","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/a-toast-to-st-martiriza-9781566897273","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}