{"product_id":"a-little-lumpen-novelita-roberto-bolao-9780811223355","title":"A Little Lumpen Novelita","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Now I am a mother and a married woman, but not long ago I led a life of crime\" so Bianca begins her tale of growing up the hard way in Rome in \u003cem\u003eA Little Lumpen Novelita\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrphaned overnight as a teenager--\"our parents died in a car crash on their first vacation without us\"--she drops out of school and gets a crappy job. At night, she is plagued by a terrible brightness, and soon she drifts into bad company. Her little brother brings home two petty criminals who need a place to stay. As the four of them share the family apartment and plot a strange crime, Bianca learns she can fall even lower...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Electric and tense with foreboding, with its jagged, propulsive short chapters beautifully translated by Natasha Wimmer, \u003cem\u003eA Little Lumpen Novelita\u003c\/em\u003e--one of the last novels Roberto Bolano published--delivers a surprising, fractured fairy tale of taking control of one's fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roberto Bola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811223353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811223355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/02\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2014 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2014 pg. 28","brand":"Roberto Bola","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43980581044479,"sku":"9780811223355","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df122657-e273-47d3-80ec-2a585d0530c7.jpg?v=1683250715","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-little-lumpen-novelita-roberto-bolao-9780811223355","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}