{"product_id":"ghosts-9780811217422","title":"Ghosts","description":"\"On a building site of a new, luxury apartment building, visitors looked up at the strange, irregular form of the water tank that crowned the edifice, and the big parabolic dish that would supply television images to all the floors. On the edge of the dish, a sharp metallic edge on which no bird would have dared to perch, three completely naked men were sitting, with their faces turned up to the midday sun; no one saw them, of course.\" -- from \u003cem\u003eGhosts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGhosts\u003c\/em\u003e is about a construction worker's family squatting on a building site. They all see large and handsome ghosts around their quarters, but the teenage daughter is the most curious. Her questions about them become more and more heartfelt until the story reaches a critical, chilling moment when the mother realizes that her daughter's life hangs in the balance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e César Aira\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.96h x 5.46w x 0.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811217422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/22\/2008 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/08\/2009 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2009 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/30\/2009 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/13\/2011 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAira, Cesar:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Nominated for a Neustadt Award and the Man Booker International Prize, Cesar Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949. He has published at least eighty books and was most recently the creator of a limited edition, \"The Valise,\" for the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrews, Chris:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The poet and translator \u003cstrong\u003eChris Andrews\u003c\/strong\u003e has won the Valle Inclan Prize and the French-American Translation Prize for his work.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAira, César:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eCésar Aira\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina in 1949, and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He won the 2021 Formentor Prize and was shortlisted for the 2015 Booker International Prize. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"C\u0026#195;\u0026#169;sar Aira \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47897147900061,"sku":"9780811217422","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_0d2b8945-9f3f-44f8-ae48-51690c9ac8ce.jpg?v=1778002763","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/ghosts-9780811217422","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}