{"product_id":"let-no-one-sleep-9781942658931","title":"Let No One Sleep","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn odyssey of operatic proportions, featuring an obsession-fueled taxi driver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Lucía loses her job at an IT firm, she has a vision of her future career as a taxi driver, brought on by the intoxicating opera floating through her apartment's air vent. She obtains her taxi license and meets the neighbor responsible for the music. Calaf is the man's name, which also happens to be the name of the character in Puccini's \u003ci\u003eTurandot\u003c\/i\u003e and the bird Lucía received on her tenth birthday from her long-since-dead mother. When he moves out of her building, Lucía becomes obsessed, driving through Madrid and searching for him on every corner, meeting intriguing people along the way. What follows is a phantasmagoria of coincidence, betrayal, and revenge, featuring Millás's singular dark humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet No One Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e is a delirious novel in which the mundane and extraordinary collide, art revives and devastates, and identity is unhinged by the treacherous forces of contemporary society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuan José Millás\u003c\/b\u003e is the recipient of Spain's most prestigious literary prizes: the Premio Nadal, Premio Planeta, and Premio Nacional de Narrativa. He is the author of several short story collections and works of nonfiction as well as over a dozen novels, including two published in North America: \u003ci\u003eLet No One Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \"Top 10 Book of the Year.\" A regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eEl País\u003c\/i\u003e, Millás has also won many awards for his journalism. He lives in Madrid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bellevue Literary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485263466770,"sku":"9781942658931","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_54e5dccc-7131-489d-8625-34ef429b5ffa.jpg?v=1730401106","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/let-no-one-sleep-9781942658931","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}