{"product_id":"last-day-of-a-prior-life-9780063352056","title":"Last Day of a Prior Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A ghost story without ghosts that, beyond its formal elegance, explores loneliness, the cycles in which our lives revolve, and the immeasurable challenges of affection.\"--Mariana Enríquez, author of \u003ci\u003eOur Share of Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Quiet, strange, and deeply reflective.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this contemporary ghost story, award-winning author Andrés Barba eerily explores how the past can hold us captive, as a woman encounters a boy with an otherworldly stare in an empty house.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile eagerly preparing a house for prospective buyers, a woman finds herself face to face with a strange sight: a seven-year-old boy who doesn't blink. Seemingly appearing and disappearing before her again and again, he sooner resembles an apparition. But one thing is clear: the boy wants something from her. Choosing to leave her everyday world behind, the woman steps through the looking glass, inadvertently nurturing a disturbing co-dependence and discovering a suspended time, a loop, and another life in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContaining all the elements of a perfect ghost story, \u003ci\u003eLast Day of a Prior Life \u003c\/i\u003eis a richly atmospheric, disturbing, and dazzling gem of a novel that calls to mind the gothic tales of Shirley Jackson and the fractured realities of \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e. Winner of the Premio Finestres, Barba's latest demonstrates his exquisite talent for dissecting human intimacy and excavating the links between past and present, while delivering a masterful exploration of human longing and the ties that bind us, even across time itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrés Barba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harpervia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063352056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarba, Andrés:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrés Barba\u003c\/strong\u003e is the award-winning author of numerous books, including \u003cem\u003eSuch Small Hands\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Right Intention\u003c\/em\u003e. He was one of \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Young Spanish novelists and received the Premio Herralde for his most recent novel, \u003cem\u003eLuminous Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, which was translated into over twenty languages. He lives in Argentina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDillman, Lisa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Dillman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a translator from the Spanish whose work has been twice named a finalist for the National Book Award, shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, and received the Best Translated Book Award and Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. She teaches at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Andr\u0026#195;\u0026#169;s Barba \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48867508125853,"sku":"9780063352056","price":31.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_cdce96c6-d272-472f-9df7-314ebe726a46.jpg?v=1788335560","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/last-day-of-a-prior-life-9780063352056","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}