{"product_id":"9781628971545","title":"Evening Proposal","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eEvening Proposal\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of eight stories about the grim and often faceless nature of urban life. Faintly reminiscent of Franz Kafka, the stories range from a man who discovers that his job performance has no significance while taking refuge in taking care of an abandoned rabbit to a man who finally expresses his love to discover that his expression frightened him more than his fear in anticipating the event. \u003ci\u003eEvening Proposal\u003c\/i\u003e reissues the warning that the orderliness and system that civilization created in order to confront nature’s chaos is in fact “the hell of monotony.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031902699760,"sku":"9781628971545","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781628971545_p0.jpg?v=1763870609","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781628971545","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}