{"product_id":"9781518502583","title":"Eighth Continent and Other Stories, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis powerful and enriching collection of nine stories explores and illuminates the fusion of intimate and public dramas. Focusing on the persistence of personal memory amid political and historical upheaval, the tales in \u003ci\u003eThe Eighth Continent\u003c\/i\u003e portray the impact of broad political and historical events on individual lives, success in the face of low expectations and the humor that redeems everyday struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn rich evocative language, award winning author Alba Ambert invokes strong characters and demonstrates the cool detachment of modern life. Populating the stories are engrossing individuals: underground revolutionaries faced with fear of betrayal; a woman who looks back at a massacre she witnessed as a child and the wrenching consequences of this event on her life; a linguist who makes a dangerous trip to a tropical island and finds a language on the verge of extinction; and a young woman in a mental hospital who challenges our perception of truth and lies, sanity and insanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arte Publico Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164301672688,"sku":"9781518502583","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781518502583_p0.jpg?v=1763728382","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781518502583","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}