{"product_id":"i-would-prefer-not-to-herman-melville-9781782277460","title":"I Would Prefer Not to: Essential Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new selection of Melville's darkest and most enthralling stories in a beautiful Pushkin Collection edition\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes \"Bartleby, the Scrivener\", \"Benito Cereno\" and \"The Lightning-Rod Man\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lawyer hires a new copyist, only to be met with stubborn, confounding resistance. A nameless guide discovers hidden worlds of luxury and bleak exploitation. After boarding a beleaguered Spanish slave ship, an American trader's cheerful outlook is repeatedly shadowed by paralyzing unease. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these stories of the surreal mundanity of office life and obscure tensions at sea, Melville's darkly modern sensibility plunges us into a world of irony and mystery, where nothing is as it first appears.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Herman Melville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1782277463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782277460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.46h x 4.72w x 0.71d","brand":"Herman Melville","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050805686527,"sku":"9781782277460","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da18f384-df8d-478e-b439-a10f9c2dc0c6.jpg?v=1685009354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-would-prefer-not-to-herman-melville-9781782277460","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}