{"product_id":"everything-like-before-kjell-askildsen-9781939810946","title":"Everything Like Before: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the greatest Norwegian authors of the twentieth century, comes a collection of spare, biting stories of people caught between reality and expectation, hope and despair, love and longing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA man and a woman in a quiet, remote house, an old man on a park bench, an estranged brother in a railway caf  -- Kjell Askildsen's characters are surrounded by absence. Filled with disquiet, and longing, they walk to a fjord, they smoke, they drink on a veranda, they listen to conversations that drift through open windows. Small flashes like the promise of a sunhat, a nail in a cherry tree, or a raised flag, reveal the interminable space between desire and reality in which Askildsen's characters are forever suspended. Widely recognized as one of the greatest modern short-story writers, with unadorned prose and a dark humor, Askildsen captures life as it really is, the worlds of his characters uncanny mirrors of our own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kjell Askildsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1939810949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939810946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archipelago Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/03\/2021","brand":"Kjell Askildsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047931867391,"sku":"9781939810946","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_27585e4d-e8c8-437f-8d08-6d962591e1cc.jpg?v=1684992968","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/everything-like-before-kjell-askildsen-9781939810946","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}