{"product_id":"2940158990182","title":"The Winterlings","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Cristina-Sánchez-Andrade is, simply, one of the best writers in Spain.... A flawless and unusual novel.\" --\u003ci\u003eEl Correo Gallego\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e br\u0026gt; br\u0026gt;\u003cb\u003eGalicia, Spain's northwest region, in the 1950s.\u003c\/b\u003e After a childhood in exile, two sisters return to their grandfather's cottage for the first time since his shocking murder during the civil war. \"The Winterlings\" try to keep their dark secrets buried in Tierra de Chá, an idyllic village host to a cast of grotesque but charming characters: a powerful psychic, a woman who refuses to die and the obese priest who heaves up a steep hill each day to give her last rites, a cross-dressing dentist who plants the teeth of the deceased in his patients' mouths.  br\u0026gt; br\u0026gt;Tension mounts when the sisters, once united by their passion for Hollywood cinema, compete for the chance to stand in for Ava Gardner in the nearby filming of \u003ci\u003ePandora and the Flying Dutchman\u003c\/i\u003e. Meanwhile, suspicion seeps in: Why have the women returned, and what are they hiding? What perverse business arrangement did the townspeople make with their grandfather, and why won't they speak of his death? br\u0026gt; br\u0026gt;Enchanting as a spell, \u003ci\u003eThe Winterlings\u003c\/i\u003e blends Spanish oral tradition, Latin American magic realism, and the American gothic fiction of Flannery O'Connor and Shirley Jackson into an intoxicating story of romance, violent history, and the mysterious forces that move us.","brand":"Restless Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104284295408,"sku":"2940158990182","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158990182_p0.jpg?v=1764131885","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158990182","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}