{"product_id":"house-of-mist-9780374531362","title":"House of Mist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHouse of Mist \u003c\/i\u003estands as one of the first South American novels written in the style that was later called magical realism. Of this story of a young bride struggling with her marriage to an aloof landowner--and the mysteries surrounding their life together--in a house deep in the lush Chilean woods, Penelope Mesic wrote in the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003ethat Bombal showed \"bold disregard for simple realism in favor of a heightened reality in which the external world reflects the internal truth of the characters' feeling . . . mingling . . . fantasy, memory and event.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the most outstanding representations of the avant-garde in Latin America.\" -\u003ci\u003eWomen Writers of Spanish America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria Luisa Bombal (1910-80)\u003c\/b\u003e was a Chilean novelist and short story writer. Among her other novels is \u003ci\u003eThe Shrouded Woman.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662166659346,"sku":"9780374531362","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_341a7bbf-27a0-46be-8934-5e1ca0ffc8a1.jpg?v=1733514620","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/house-of-mist-9780374531362","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}