{"product_id":"abyss-9781642861228","title":"Abyss","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATED LITERATURE FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the Colombian author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bitch\u003c\/i\u003e, a 2020 National Book Award Finalist and PEN Awards Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An eight-year-old girl takes in a series of troubling events\u003cbr\u003ein this luminous and transfixing account of fractured family life from\u003cbr\u003eColombian writer Quintana (\u003cem\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eBitch\u003c\/em\u003e). Readers will be dazzled.\" -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaudia is an impressionable eight-year-old girl, trying to understand the world through the eyes of the adults around her. But her hardworking father hardly speaks a word, while her unhappy mother spends her days reading celebrity lifestyle magazines, tending to her enormous collection of plants, and filling Claudia's head with stories about women who end their lives in tragic ways. Then an interloper arrives, disturbing the delicate balance of family life, and Claudia's world starts falling apart. In this strikingly vivid portrait of Cali, Colombia, Claudia's acute observations remind us that children are capable of discerning extremely complex realities even if they cannot fully understand them. In \u003ci\u003eAbyss\u003c\/i\u003e, Quintana leads us brilliantly into the lonely heart of the child we have all once been, driven by fear of abandonment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pilar Quintana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1642861227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642861228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 4.95w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/24\/2023","brand":"Pilar Quintana","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44068076355839,"sku":"9781642861228","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18d3ef3b-4814-4964-9b6a-6a29c7b3595d.jpg?v=1685416897","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/abyss-9781642861228","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}