{"product_id":"conversations-9780811221108","title":"Conversations","description":"Daily conversations in outdoor cafés with cultured friends can help make reality a little more real. Unfortunately, however, during one such conversation, one man spots a gold Rolex watch on a TV soap opera's goatherd. This seemingly small absurdity sets off alarms: strange sensations of deception, distress, and incipient madness. The two men's uneasiness soon becomes a nightmare as the TV adventure advances with a real-life plot -- involving a mutant strain of killer algae -- to take over the world! \u003cem\u003eThe Conversations\u003c\/em\u003e, a reality within a fiction within a parallel reality, is hilariously funny and surprisingly touching.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilver, Katherine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eKatherine Silver's\u003c\/strong\u003e award-winning translations include works by María Sonia Cristoff, Daniel Sada, César Aira, Julio Cortázar, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Julio Ramón Ribeyro. The author of \u003cem\u003eEcho Under Story\u003c\/em\u003e, she does volunteer interpreting for asylum seekers.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAira, César:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Nominated for a Neustadt award and the Man Booker International Prize, \u003cstrong\u003eCÉSAR AIRA\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949. He has published at least one hundred books and recently created a limited edition, \"The Valise,\" for the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492114305298,"sku":"9780811221108","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_80b079d9-8411-43a8-819d-c64dccb3a4da.jpg?v=1730571883","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/conversations-9780811221108","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}