{"product_id":"ways-to-disappear-paperback","title":"Ways to Disappear - 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\u003eIdra Novey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Robin Sloan's \u003ci\u003eMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore\u003c\/i\u003e and Maria Semple's \u003ci\u003eWhere'd You Go, Bernadette\u003c\/i\u003e, an inventive, brilliant debut novel about the disappearance of a famous Brazilian novelist and the young translator who turns her life upside down to follow her author's trail. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beatriz Yagoda was once one of Brazil's most celebrated authors. At the age of sixty, she is mostly forgotten-until one summer afternoon when she enters a park in Rio de Janeiro, climbs into an almond tree, and disappears. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When her devoted translator Emma hears the news in wintry Pittsburgh, she flies to the sticky heat of Rio. There she joins the author's son and daughter to solve the mystery of Yagoda's disappearance and satisfy the demands of the colorful characters left in her wake, including a loan shark with a debt to collect and the washed-up editor who launched Yagoda's career. What they discover is how much of her they never knew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Exquisitely imagined and as profound as it is suspenseful, \u003ci\u003eWays to Disappear\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a thrilling story of intrigue and a radiant novel of self-reckoning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An elegant page-turner....Charges forward with the momentum of a bullet.\"-New York Times Book Review\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdra Novey\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning poet and translator. Born in western Pennsylvania, she has since lived in Chile, Brazil, and New York. The author of \u003ci\u003eExit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCivilian\u003c\/i\u003e, selected for the 2011 National Poetry Series, Novey's poetry and fiction have been featured on NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e, and in \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStoryQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e. She currently teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Princeton University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227327217913,"sku":"9780316298476","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/T2xUL2ZBcEhIOW1NYW4xYi82d0U4Zz09.webp?v=1768279482","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/ways-to-disappear-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}