{"product_id":"ghosts-9780811217422","title":"Ghosts","description":"\"On a building site of a new, luxury apartment building, visitors looked up at the strange, irregular form of the water tank that crowned the edifice, and the big parabolic dish that would supply television images to all the floors. On the edge of the dish, a sharp metallic edge on which no bird would have dared to perch, three completely naked men were sitting, with their faces turned up to the midday sun; no one saw them, of course.\" -- from \u003cem\u003eGhosts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGhosts\u003c\/em\u003e is about a construction worker's family squatting on a building site. They all see large and handsome ghosts around their quarters, but the teenage daughter is the most curious. Her questions about them become more and more heartfelt until the story reaches a critical, chilling moment when the mother realizes that her daughter's life hangs in the balance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAira, Cesar:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Nominated for a Neustadt Award and the Man Booker International Prize, Cesar Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949. He has published at least eighty books and was most recently the creator of a limited edition, \"The Valise,\" for the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.\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.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrews, Chris:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The poet \u003cstrong\u003eCHRIS ANDREWS\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, where he is a member of the Writing and Society Research Centre. He has translated books by Roberto Bolano and César Aira for New Directions. He has won the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize for his poetry and the Valle-Inclan Prize and the French-American Foundation Translation Prize for his translations.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50634757570834,"sku":"9780811217422","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4a7d9648-308a-409c-82e5-5d005f3d9d78.jpg?v=1732822161","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ghosts-9780811217422","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}