{"product_id":"while-the-women-are-sleeping-javier-marzas-9780811216630","title":"While the Women Are Sleeping","description":"Slippery figures in anomalous situations -- ghosts, spies, bodyguards, criminals -- haunt these stories by Javier Marías: the characters come bearing their strange and special secrets, and never leave our minds. In one story, a man obsessed with his much younger lover endlessly videotapes her every move, and then confides his surprising plans for her; in another a ghost can't stop resigning from his job. Masterfully, Marías manages in a small space to perplex and delight. \"The short story fits Marías like a glove,\" as \u003cem\u003eLe Point\u003c\/em\u003e noted. His stories have been hailed as \"formidably intelligent\" (\u003cem\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e), \"a bracing tonic\" (\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e), and \"startling\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Javier Marías\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811216632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811216630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.61w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2010 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/19\/2010 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/26\/2010 pg. 22","brand":"Javier Marías","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46451031507199,"sku":"9780811216630","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1786b39-d06d-49e5-817d-cdc43a11b404.jpg?v=1735876226","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/while-the-women-are-sleeping-javier-marzas-9780811216630","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}