{"product_id":"old-man-and-the-bench-urs-allemann-9781628970166","title":"Old Man and the Bench","description":"\u003cp\u003eAccording to his contract, the old man has five months to sit on his bench and reminisce about his childhood, but all that comes out are curious stories--about leprous dominos, amorous concrete towers, chaste call girls, and more. In other words: the old man twaddles on and on. A virtuoso novel that reveals what language can do when it serves no purpose but its own proliferation, Swiss provocateur Urs Alleman's \"The Old Man and the Bench\" is a comedy of mangled verbosity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Urs Allemann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628970162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628970166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.50d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Urs Allemann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987968262399,"sku":"9781628970166","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71fc54ba-c3bb-4e6e-8073-d663529f9a0f.jpg?v=1683291882","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/old-man-and-the-bench-urs-allemann-9781628970166","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}