{"product_id":"from-the-shadows-9781942658665","title":"From the Shadows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \"Top 10 Book of the Year\" selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Begins as entertaining slapstick, subtly metamorphoses into fable. . . . As  the narrator's] vivid imaginary world fuses with reality this deceptively ethereal novel advances toward a dark and startling finale.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaid off from his job, Dami n Lobo obsessively imagines himself as a celebrity being interviewed on TV. After committing an act of petty theft at an antiques market, he finds himself trapped inside a wardrobe and delivered to the seemingly idyllic home of a husband, wife, and their internet-addicted teenage daughter. There, he sneaks from the shadows to serve as an invisible butler, becoming deeply and disastrously involved with his unknowing host family. Every thread of the plot is ingeniously tied together, creating a potent admixture of parable, love story, and thriller. Mill s masterfully reveals the everyday as innately surreal as he renders the unbelievable tangible and the trivial fantastical, and full of dark humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuan Jos  Mill s\u003c\/b\u003e is the recipient of Spain's most prestigious literary prizes: the Premio Nadal, Premio Planeta, and Premio Nacional de Narrativa. A regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eEl Pa s\u003c\/i\u003e, Mill s has also won many awards for his journalism. He is the author of several short story collections and works of nonfiction as well as over a dozen novels, including \u003ci\u003eFrom the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, the first of his novels to be published in North America. He lives in Madrid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942658665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Juan Jos\u0026#233; Mill\u0026#225;s","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671742804124,"sku":"9781942658665","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b2b27565-2646-4132-9e96-4b95399500c9.jpg?v=1603926146","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/from-the-shadows-9781942658665","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}