{"product_id":"dinner-9780811221085","title":"Dinner","description":"One Saturday night a bankrupt bachelor in his sixties and his mother dine with a wealthy friend. They discuss their endlessly connected neighbors. They talk about a mysterious pit that opened up one day, and the old bricklayer who sometimes walked to the cemetery to cheer himself up. Anxious to show off his valuable antiques, the host shows his guests old windup toys and takes them to admire an enormous doll. Back at home, the bachelor decides to watch some late night TV before retiring. The news quickly takes a turn for the worse as, horrified, the newscaster finds herself reporting about the dead rising from their graves, leaving the cemetery, and sucking the blood of the living--all somehow, disturbingly reminiscent of the dinner party.\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":50669314933010,"sku":"9780811221085","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_183167ee-3f93-45a2-814a-7eafc0c37bfd.jpg?v=1733758021","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dinner-9780811221085","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}