{"product_id":"speaking-to-no-4-9781734537970","title":"Speaking to No. 4","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom America to France and Eastern Europe to Japan, this quest for a woman who has disappeared is a psychological mystery and an architectural odyssey in one. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhere is Alma? A future husband--No. 4--is desperately seeking his fiancée, who has disappeared. To locate her, he is interviewing her three former husbands, her sister, and ex sister-in-law. Could she be hiding in a French monastery? A Japanese shukubo (temple lodging)? Or maybe she is the victim of a belief in a Balkan creation myth? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in six voices that come together in a seamless and often comical narrative, \u003ci\u003eSpeaking to No. 4\u003c\/i\u003e is both a psychological mystery and a meditation on our construction of space. As husband No. 3, the Architect, says to husband-to-be No. 4, \"Think of Japanese space as a novel in which the main character is absent.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Europe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734537970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Alta Ifland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42607910846645,"sku":"9781734537970","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b8dea936-f16e-4057-8aa5-5f5a41796ce3.jpg?v=1674574099","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/speaking-to-no-4-9781734537970","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}