{"product_id":"last-day-of-a-prior-andrzss-barba-9798228977013","title":"Last Day of a Prior Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A ghost story without ghosts that, beyond its formal elegance, explores loneliness, the cycles in which our lives revolve, and the immeasurable challenges of affection.\"--Mariana Enríquez, author of \u003ci\u003eOur Share of Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this contemporary ghost story, award-winning author Andrés Barba eerily explores how the past can hold us captive, as a woman encounters a boy with an otherworldly stare in an empty house.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile eagerly preparing a house for prospective buyers, a woman finds herself face to face with a strange sight: a seven-year-old boy who doesn't blink. Seemingly appearing and disappearing before her again and again, he sooner resembles an apparition. But one thing is clear: the boy wants something from her. Choosing to leave her everyday world behind, the woman steps through the looking glass, inadvertently nurturing a disturbing co-dependence and discovering a suspended time, a loop, and another life in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContaining all the elements of a perfect ghost story, \u003ci\u003eLast Day of a Prior Life \u003c\/i\u003eis a richly atmospheric, disturbing, and dazzling gem of a novel that calls to mind the gothic tales of Shirley Jackson and the fractured realities of \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e. Award-winning author Andrés Barba demonstrates his exquisite talent for dissecting human intimacy and excavating the links between past and present, while delivering a masterful exploration of human longing and the ties that bind us, even across time itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrés Barba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798228977013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD","brand":"Andrés Barba","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":48852849983743,"sku":"9798228977013","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/last-day-of-a-prior-andrzss-barba-9798228977013","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}