{"product_id":"9780811219358","title":"While the Women Are Sleeping","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dozen unforgettable stories by “one of the most original writers at work today” (Wyatt Mason, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e Slippery figures in anomalous situations — ghosts, spies, bodyguards, criminals — haunt these stories by Javier Marías: the characters come bearing their strange and special secrets, and never leave our minds. In one story, a man obsessed with his much younger lover endlessly videotapes her every move, and then confides his surprising plans for her; in another a ghost can’t stop resigning from his job. Masterfully, Marías manages in a small space to perplex and delight. “The short story fits Marías like a glove,” as \u003cem\u003eLe Point\u003c\/em\u003e noted. His stories have been hailed as “formidably intelligent” (\u003cem\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e), “a bracing tonic” (\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e), and “startling” (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e).","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124035240176,"sku":"9780811219358","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780811219358_p0.jpg?v=1763741035","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780811219358","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}