{"product_id":"9780954157029","title":"29 Ways To Drown","description":"From an incredible new talent come ten stories that fizz with the irreverence of ZZ Packer, the time-bending antics of Borges, the layered mystery of Alice Munro and whiffs of Marquez's surrealism.\u003cp\u003eInfluenced by a Latin American literary tradition steeped in magic realism, but embracing a personal history that has included living in Chicago, Cadiz, Guayaquil and London, Niki Aguirre's fiction conveys a gritty, often scientifically-sophisticated, world with a haze of surrealism: shamans parade the pages side-by-side with lovesick film buffs, papers and humans fly at will, and intellectual and professional quests lead to self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether it's a boy trapped at age fourteen after a botched attempt to capture time in a capsule, an organic seed distributor entrapping an errant lover with a replica pre-Columbian Aztec artifact bought in Chicago, or a woman attempting to drown herself in a water aerobics class in London, the stories in 29 Ways to Drown grip by their absolute logic and the sheer absurdity of the inevitable truths they attempt to unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLatin America has always had its literary fiction heroes, but not many have come from Ecuador; based on the quality of Niki Aguirre's assured début, it has been worth the wait.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flipped Eye Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034692534512,"sku":"9780954157029","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780954157029_p0.jpg?v=1763870925","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780954157029","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}