{"product_id":"9781440631245","title":"Draining the Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary new novel from the winner of the 2004 Lannan Literary Fellowship, 2005 PEN USA Literary Award for Fiction, and the 2006 Whiting Writers Award.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A new work of obsession, tragedy, and the unpredictable trajectories of the heart.\"(Cristina Garcia, author of \u003ci\u003eDreaming in Cuban\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A powerful testament about the far-reaching effects of political brutality and lost love, \u003ci\u003eDraining the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e sifts through the incongruities of history and memory, unfurling inside the mind of a man who spends his days driving the streets of Los Angeles, racked by visions of the Guatemalan Civil War and, in particular, of Marta--a beautiful young prostitute who died violently in the midst of it. Unfortunately, her death is a tragedy in which he himself may have played a role.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125005402352,"sku":"9781440631245","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781440631245_p0.jpg?v=1763792274","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781440631245","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}