{"product_id":"such-small-hands-paperback-1","title":"Such Small Hands - 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\u003eAndrés Barba\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLisa Dillman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eEdmund White\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every once in a while a novel does not record reality but creates a whole new reality, one that casts a light on our darkest feelings. Kafka did that. Bruno Schulz did that. Now the Spanish writer Andr s Barba has done it with the terrifying \u003ci\u003eSuch Small Hands\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003cb\u003eEdmund White\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife changes at the orphanage the day seven-year-old Marina shows up. She is different from the other girls: at once an outcast and object of fascination. As Marina struggles to find her place, she invents a game whose rules are dictated by a haunting violence. Written in hypnotic, lyrical prose, alternating between Marina's perspective and the choral \u003ci\u003ewe\u003c\/i\u003e of the other girls, \u003ci\u003eSuch Small Hands\u003c\/i\u003e evokes the pain of loss and the hunger for acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrés Barba is the one the most lauded contemporary Spanish writers. He is the author of twelve books, including \u003ci\u003eAugust, October\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRain Over Madrid\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to literary fiction, he has written essays, poems, books of photography, and translations of De Quincey and Melville. His books have been translated into ten languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLisa Dillman translates from Spanish and Catalan and teaches in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Emory University. Some of her recent translations include \u003ci\u003eSigns Preceding the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, by Yuri Herrera, which won the 2016 Best Translated Book Award; \u003ci\u003eRain Over Madrid\u003c\/i\u003e, by Andrés Barba; \u003ci\u003eMonastery\u003c\/i\u003e, co-translated with Daniel Hahn, by Eduardo Halfon; and \u003ci\u003eSalting the Wound\u003c\/i\u003e, by Víctor del Árbol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdmund White has written biographies of Jean Genet, Marcel Proust, and Arthur Rimbaud. He has also written several novels; the most recent is \u003ci\u003eOur Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches creative writing at Princeton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47248910549241,"sku":"9781945492006","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NnVlRXlRWnlTbVp5QnhVZko4ZmV5Zz09_810add93-871d-469f-af43-39b28b6052ab.webp?v=1768641192","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/such-small-hands-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}