{"product_id":"empty-words-9781566895460","title":"Empty Words","description":"An eccentric novelist begins to keep a notebook of handwriting exercises, hoping that if he's able to improve his penmanship, his personal character will also improve. What begins as a mere physical exercise becomes involuntarily colored by humorous reflections and tender anecdotes about living, writing, and the sense--or nonsense--of existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMario Levrero was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1940 and died there in 2004. Levrero was a photographer, bookseller, comics script writer, humorist, crossword author, creator of brain games. In his later years, he directed a literary workshop. \u003ci\u003eEmpty Words\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel translated and published in English.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356747829522,"sku":"9781566895460","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4e171319-04e7-489f-9936-f65dd7d93fe2.jpg?v=1728312979","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/empty-words-9781566895460","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}