{"product_id":"in-her-absence-antonio-munoz-molina-9781590512531","title":"In Her Absence","description":"\" A] translucent novel of passion, illusion and social class....slyly witty and luminous.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Francine Prose in O, The Oprah Magazine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring working hours, Mario is a dutiful bureaucrat, scrupulously earning his paycheck as an employee of the provincial Spanish town where he lives. But when he walks through the door of his apartment, he is transformed into the impassioned lover of Blanca, the beautiful, inscrutable wife he saved from the brink of personal crisis. For the love of Blanca, Mario eats sushi and carpaccio, nods in feigned understanding at experimental films, sits patiently through long conversations with her avant-garde friends, and conceals his disgust at shocking art exhibits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen, little by little, a strange and ominous threat begins to weigh on the marriage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow can love survive its own disappearance? The desperate answer that Antonio Mu oz Molina proposes in this short, circular novella is a model of literary strategy and style, a splendid homage to Flaubert.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antonio Munoz Molina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590512537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590512531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.66h x 5.58w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/16\/2007 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 414\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2007 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/20\/2007 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2007 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/17\/2007 pg. 99","brand":"Antonio Munoz Molina","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987907870975,"sku":"9781590512531","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aeec8a27-f103-4377-bac7-bf520defb9e6.jpg?v=1683291555","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-her-absence-antonio-munoz-molina-9781590512531","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}