{"product_id":"fog-at-noon-9781953861887","title":"Fog at Noon","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"One of South America's most acclaimed and pitch-perfect novelists, González plunges you into the brutality of man and nature alike.\" -- Kerri Arsenault \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA perceptive whodunnit set in the shimmering mountain ranches of Colombia, told by a bewitching cast of potential perpetrators \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat happens when a person goes missing? \u003c\/i\u003eTold from alternating perspectives, \u003ci\u003eFog at Noon\u003c\/i\u003e offers readers the chance to methodically decipher the story of Julia. A conceited \"ninny,\" somewhat-gifted poet, ravishing temptress, and thorny friend, Julia shapeshifts and sparkles in the blinding light of conflicting narrative. Her raconteurs? A frequently fishy chorus of acquaintances, lovers, sisters-in-law, and friends. And from behind the veil, Julia speaks for herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTomás González writes of the passionate origins of an affair and its precipitous conclusion, of untraceable debts and the liminal realms between the living and the dead, of New York in a blizzard and the Colombian mountain chains cloaked in fog. Chapter by chapter, each narrator's story reveals more of Julia's past, and the tangled love affairs and financial snarls that tie these figures to each other illuminate not just Julia's absence, but our own human foibles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders will be reminded of the propulsive mysteries of \u003ci\u003eBig Little Lies\u003c\/i\u003e, as much as the incisive literary works of Domenico Starnone, Michael Ondaatje, and Juan Gabriel Vásquez\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Andrea Rosenberg's translation gleams in every line, as we are lured deeper into the elusive world of \u003ci\u003eFog at Noon\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archipelago Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953861887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Tomas Gonzalez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44033871020213,"sku":"9781953861887","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4d68460c-4404-492e-bf3c-4abfff92a733.jpg?v=1713887084","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fog-at-noon-9781953861887","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}