{"product_id":"such-small-hands-9781945492006","title":"Such Small Hands","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every once in a while a novel does not record reality but creates a whole new reality, one that casts a light on our darkest feelings. Kafka did that. Bruno Schulz did that. Now the Spanish writer Andres Barba has done it with the terrifying \u003ci\u003eSuch Small Hands\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003cb\u003eEdmund White\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife changes at the orphanage the day seven-year-old Marina shows up. She is different from the other girls: at once an outcast and object of fascination. As Marina struggles to find her place, she invents a game whose rules are dictated by a haunting violence. Written in hypnotic, lyrical prose, alternating between Marina's perspective and the choral \u003ci\u003ewe\u003c\/i\u003e of the other girls, \u003ci\u003eSuch Small Hands\u003c\/i\u003e evokes the pain of loss and the hunger for acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Transit Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945492006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2017 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andr\u0026#233;s Barba","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36672103973020,"sku":"9781945492006","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_80934f22-a19c-4ba3-9ca1-ad8e628d7b68.jpg?v=1603926961","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/such-small-hands-9781945492006","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}