{"product_id":"the-atelier-of-quiet-things-elizabeth-hurt-9798279172436","title":"The Atelier of Quiet Things: A Psychological Novel of Obsession, Control, and Quiet Horror","description":"\u003cb\u003eThere is a room where order feels safer than freedom.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are objects that ask to be handled.\u003cbr\u003eAnd there are rules that begin as protection-and end as ritual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a professional textile conservator accepts a secluded restoration project, she believes she is entering a controlled environment: precise routines, documented procedures, measurable outcomes. The work demands discipline, isolation, and focus-conditions she has mastered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut something in the house resists neutrality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTime behaves strangely. Instructions arrive without explanation. Objects seem to require more than observation. As her days become governed by protocols she did not design, the line between preservation and participation begins to erode. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat starts as careful attention becomes fixation.\u003cbr\u003eWhat feels like control reveals itself as submission.\u003cbr\u003eAnd what remains unspoken becomes the most powerful force of all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atelier of Quiet Things\u003c\/i\u003e is a psychological novel about obsession, autonomy, and the quiet mechanisms through which desire learns to organize itself. Told in precise, restrained prose, it explores how systems meant to protect us can slowly reshape what we want-and who we are willing to become. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers of \u003cb\u003eliterary psychological fiction\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003equiet horror\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eunsettling interior narratives\u003c\/b\u003e, this novel offers a slow descent into a beautifully ordered unease that lingers long after the final page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Hurt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798279172436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d","brand":"Elizabeth Hurt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997327995135,"sku":"9798279172436","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-atelier-of-quiet-things-elizabeth-hurt-9798279172436","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}