{"product_id":"9781628970166","title":"The Old Man and the Bench","description":"\u003cp\u003eAccording to his contract, the old man has five months to sit on his bench and reminisce about his childhood, but all that comes out are curious stories--about leprous dominos, amorous concrete towers, chaste call girls, and more. In other words: the old man twaddles on and on. A virtuoso novel that reveals what language can do when it serves no purpose but its own proliferation, Swiss provocateur Urs Alleman's \"The Old Man and the Bench\" is a comedy of mangled verbosity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061882437872,"sku":"9781628970166","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781628970166_p0.jpg?v=1763869682","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781628970166","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}