{"product_id":"2940172109690","title":"You Should Have Left: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eMeasuring the World\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e F,\u003c\/i\u003e an eerie and supernatural tale of a writer's emotional collapse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"It is fitting that I'm beginning a new notebook up here. New surroundings and new ideas, a new beginning. Fresh air.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis passage is from the first entry of a journal kept by the narrator of Daniel Kehlmann's spellbinding new novel. It is the record of the seven days that he, his wife, and his four-year-old daughter spend in a house they have rented in the mountains of Germanyamp;mdash;a house that thwarts the expectations of the narrator's recollection and seems to defy the very laws of physics. He is eager to finish a screenplay for a sequel to the movie that launched his career, but something he cannot explain is undermining his convictions and confidence, a process he is recording in this account of the uncanny events that unfold as he tries to understand what, exactly, is happening around himamp;mdash;and within him.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151084175600,"sku":"2940172109690","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940172109690_p0.jpg?v=1763753308","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940172109690","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}