{"product_id":"quiet-creature-on-the-corner-9781931883511","title":"Quiet Creature on the Corner","description":"When an unemployed poet finds himself thrown in jail after raping his neighbor, his time in the slammer is mysteriously cut short when he's abruptly taken to a new home -- a countryside manor where his every need seen to. All that's required of him is to . . . write poetry. Just who are his captors, Kurt and Ot vio? What of the alluring maid, Am lia, and her charge, a woman with cancer named Gerda? And, most alarmingly of all, why does Kurt suddenly appear to be aging so much faster than he should? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReminiscent of the films of David Lynch, and written in Jo o Gilberto Noll's distinctive postmodern style -- a strange world of surfaces seemingly without rational cause and effect -- \u003ci\u003eQuiet Creature on the Corner\u003c\/i\u003e is the English-language debut of one of Brazil's most popular and celebrated authors. Written during Brazil's transition from military dictatorship to democracy -- and capturing the disjointed feel of that rapidly changing world -- \u003ci\u003eQuiet Creature\u003c\/i\u003e is mysterious and abrupt, pivoting on choices that feel both arbitrary and inevitable. Like Kazuo Ishiguro, Noll takes us deep into the mind of person who's always missing a few crucial pieces of information. Is he moving toward an answer to why these people have taken him from jail, or is he just as lost as ever?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Lines Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931883511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Joao Gilberto Noll","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670868390044,"sku":"9781931883511","price":8.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9fe5ba21-d3fa-4828-94b1-8d5df7305c0d.jpg?v=1603923831","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/quiet-creature-on-the-corner-9781931883511","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}