{"product_id":"9781771831635","title":"The Midwife of Torment \u0026amp; Other Stories","description":"The Midwife of Torment\u0026amp;Other Stories is a collection of sudden fiction that compresses its narrative to deliver a variety of stories that alternate the flavour of a philosophical reflection with the whimsical enchantment of a fable with a twist. These stories also often dwell on the strange--and the horror--found in our mundane lives. Stories that, on occasion, also leap as far as speculative fiction or swirl in a lyrical exploration of prose narratives. Divided into six sections, Midwife explores human and non-human voices through narrative weighing at less than one thousand words, and the vast majority weighing at less than five hundred. Included are a series of black and white lithograph-like original drawings commissioned specifically for this manuscript from the Portuguese visual artist, João Ventura.","brand":"Guernica Editions Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171735159024,"sku":"9781771831635","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771831635_p0.jpg?v=1763708655","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771831635","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}