{"product_id":"9780547840123","title":"The Artist Of Disappearance","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eDesai, Anita\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eFinalist for the Pen\/Faulkner Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The excellent  strength [the novellas] share is a gracefulness and dreamlike sonority,  reminiscent of writers like Jhumpa Lahiri and W.G. Sebald, wherein  strange evolutions of solitary lives are the rule, and readers are held  by the stately, hypnotic dignity of the voice that tells them.” – \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet  in modern India, these three novellas move beyond the cities to places  still haunted by the past, and to characters who are, each in their own  way, masters of self-effacement. An unnamed government official is  called upon to inspect a faded mansion of forgotten treasures where he  discovers a surprise \"relic.\" A translator blurs the line between writer  and translator, and in so doing risks unraveling her desires and  achievements. In the title novella, a hermit hidden away in the woods  with a secret is discovered by a film crew, which compels him to  withdraw even further until he magically disappears . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRich  and evocative, remarkable in their clarity and sensuous in their  telling, these novellas remind us of the extraordinary yet delicate  power of this pre-eminent writer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Desai, at her best, offers enchanting, subtle, and deeply observed portraits of layered characters trapped between worlds.” – \u003cem\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Lingers in the memory the same way these landscapes and people of India prove impossible to forget.” – \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42938163560703,"sku":"9780547840123","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780547840123_s600x595.jpg?v=1780332518","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780547840123","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}