{"product_id":"the-left-parenthesis-9781948830522","title":"The Left Parenthesis","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe narrator of this novel, a writer, arrives by train at Casetes Beach with her month-old daughter on her back. She prepares to spend a few weeks in one of the cottages by the sand. Her husband has recently passed away and she needs to open the parenthesis of her life: to forget something, and to discover something else. But the appearance of an overly assertive starfish precedes a series of disturbing events, and as the narrator begins to lose a hold on reality, we are immersed in the uncertain territory of allegory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a lively and direct style and overwhelming poetic force, Muriel Villanueva guides us through the daily motions of life, and at the same time a fantastic journey of a woman in search of her own maturity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948830522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96","brand":"Muriel Villanueva","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42303846154421,"sku":"9781948830522","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_25821790-c908-4aa7-b252-a169a723ff49.jpg?v=1658842682","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-left-parenthesis-9781948830522","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}