{"product_id":"despair-and-other-stories-of-andre-alexis-9780771006661","title":"Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa","description":"These eight stories reveal a world that's both recognizable and strange: cities of anxiety and violence, where quiet inhabitants lead outwardly banal lives that conceal sinister interiors. The premises, both fantastic and surreal, are also eerily plausible; they often follow the logic of dreams where the real can appear in disguise. Though geographically rooted, the setting - from Ottawa to Toronto and the South of France - take on an ephemeral dimension: the geography is of the subconscious. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith his darkly philosophical bent and sly humour, Alexis has fashioned an underworld and limned it with light. \u003ci\u003eDespair\u003c\/i\u003e quakes with life and sings with the imaginative brilliance of one of the most accomplished new talents writing today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andre Alexis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0771006667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780771006661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McClelland \u0026amp; Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Andre Alexis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077900366079,"sku":"9780771006661","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f35b6b63-c1fb-43ac-859b-c866551ca8eb.jpg?v=1685472396","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/despair-and-other-stories-of-andre-alexis-9780771006661","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}