{"product_id":"the-king-is-always-above-daniel-alarc-n-9780525534624","title":"The King Is Always Above the People: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED for the 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn urgent, essential collection of stories about immigration, broken dreams, Los Angeles gang members, Latin American families, and other tales of high stakes journeys, from the MacArthur \"genius\" and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWar by Candlelight\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAt Night We Walk in Circles\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Migration. Betrayal. Family secrets. Doomed love. Uncertain futures. In Daniel Alarc's hands, these are transformed into deeply human stories with high stakes. In \"The Thousands,\" people are on the move and forging new paths; hope and heartbreak abound. A man deals with the fallout of his blind relatives' mysterious deaths and his father's mental breakdown and incarceration in \"The Bridge.\" A gang member discovers a way to forgiveness and redemption through the haze of violence and trauma in \"The Ballad of Rocky Rontal.\" And in the tour de force novella, \"The Auroras\", a man severs himself from his old life and seeks to make a new one in a new city, only to find himself seduced and controlled by a powerful woman. Richly drawn, full of unforgettable characters, \u003ci\u003eThe King is Always Above the People\u003c\/i\u003e reveals experiences both unsettling and unknown, and yet eerily familiar in this new world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Alarc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0525534628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525534624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Daniel Alarc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044521931007,"sku":"9780525534624","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61ed8df5-4eb8-47ea-8068-c4604aa8300c.jpg?v=1684973333","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-king-is-always-above-daniel-alarc-n-9780525534624","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}