{"product_id":"speaking-to-no-4-paperback","title":"Speaking to No. 4 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlta Ifland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom America to France and Eastern Europe to Japan, this quest for a woman who has disappeared is a psychological mystery and an architectural odyssey in one. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhere is Alma? A future husband--No. 4--is desperately seeking his fiancée, who has disappeared. To locate her, he is interviewing her three former husbands, her sister, and ex sister-in-law. Could she be hiding in a French monastery? A Japanese shukubo (temple lodging)? Or maybe she is the victim of a belief in a Balkan creation myth? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in six voices that come together in a seamless and often comical narrative, \u003ci\u003eSpeaking to No. 4\u003c\/i\u003e is both a psychological mystery and a meditation on our construction of space. As husband No. 3, the Architect, says to husband-to-be No. 4, \"Think of Japanese space as a novel in which the main character is absent.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere is Alma?\u003c\/b\u003e A future husband--No. 4--is desperately seeking his fiancée, who has disappeared. To locate her, he is interviewing her three former husbands, her sister, and ex sister-in-law. Could she be hiding in a French monastery? A Japanese shukubo (temple lodging)? Or maybe she is the victim of a belief in a Balkan creation myth?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten in six voices that come together in a seamless and often comical narrative, \u003ci\u003eSpeaking to No. 4\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a meditation on our construction of space and a psychological mystery in which the main character has gone missing. As husband No. 3, the Architect, says to husband-to-be No. 4, Think of Japanese space as a novel in which the main character is absent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlta Ifland \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Romania, took part in the overthrow of Romania's communist dictatorship, and emigrated to the United States in 1991. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Wife Who Wasn't \u003c\/i\u003e(New Europe Books), \u003ci\u003eElegy for a Fabulous World\u003c\/i\u003e (2010 finalist for the Northern California Book Award in Fiction), and \u003ci\u003eDeath-in-a-Box\u003c\/i\u003e (2011 Subito Press Fiction Prize). After many years in California, she lives currently in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252776485113,"sku":"9781734537970","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/M0ZURVByWXB4MlQvdnNkSCs5MHk1UT09.webp?v=1768693479","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/speaking-to-no-4-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}