{"product_id":"9781943813018","title":"Jottings from a Far Away Place","description":"Ranging on the fringes of imagination and erudition, forming a mosaic of stories, maxims and sketches, at once fragmentary and cumulative, Jottings from a Far Away Place combines the timeless, mannered assurance of the Eastern discursive essay with the experimentation of the Western avant-garde. As the focus shifts between fantastic tales and studies of viciousness, the reader is treated to, among myriad other things, the adventures of a Taoist guitar player, a bloody episode with Countess de Báthory, a recipe for cinnabar sauce, and the story of a man who has been reincarnated as a spoon. \u003cp\u003eA book that is like a collection of bulletins from the world of dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Snuggly Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033940148464,"sku":"9781943813018","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781943813018_p0.jpg?v=1763787147","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781943813018","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}