{"product_id":"the-clerk-paperback-1","title":"The Clerk - 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\u003eGuillermo Saccomanno\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrea G. Labinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfectly normal men and women head to their desks every day in a city laid waste by guerrilla incursions, menaced by hordes of starving people, murderous children and cloned dogs, patrolled by armed helicopters, and plagued with acid rain. Among them is an office worker willing to be humiliated in order to keep his job--until he falls in love and allows himself to dream of someone else. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To what depths is a man willing to go to hold on to a dream? \u003ci\u003eThe Clerk\u003c\/i\u003e tells a story that happened yesterday, but still hasn't happened, and yet is happening now. And we didn't even notice, too tied up in our jobs, our salaries, our appearances. This novel embraces an anti-utopia, a world of Ballard but also of Dostoyevsky.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuillermo Saccomanno\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous novels and story collections, including \u003ci\u003eEl buen dolor\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Premio Nacional de Literatura, and \u003ci\u003e77\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGesell Dome\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which won the Dashiell Hammett Prize. (Both available from Open Letter.) He also received Seix Barral's Premio Biblioteca Breve de Novela for \u003ci\u003eEl oficinista\u003c\/i\u003e and the Rodolfo Walsh Prize for nonfiction for \u003ci\u003eUn maestro\u003c\/i\u003e. Critics tend to compare his works to those of Balzac, Zola, Dos Passos, and Faulkner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea G. Labinger\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of more than a dozen works from the Spanish, including books by Ana María Shua, Liliana Heker, Luisa Valenzuela, and Alicia Steimberg, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47249923277049,"sku":"9781948830256","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/QTZxdkVRcDdWOWZySUlrNytrVUh0QT09_084c38b2-184e-4d9c-8f3e-e28a0a82790a.webp?v=1768653155","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-clerk-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}