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From the Shadows

by Juan José Millás García, Thomas Bunstead, Daniel Hahn

208 pages2019Bellevue Literary PressISBN 9781942658665
Fiction
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<p><b><i>Publishers Weekly</i> "Top 10 Books of the Year" selection</b></p><p><b><i>From one of Spain's most original authors comes a wild, absurdist story about a lonely man's misguided attempts to connect</i></b></p><p></p><p>Laid off from his job, Damiáaacute;n Lobo obsessively imagines himself as a celebrity being interviewed on TV. After committing an act of petty theft at an antiques market, he finds himself trapped inside a wardrobe and delivered to the seemingly idyllic home of a husband, wife, and their internet-addicted teenage daughter. There, he sneaks from the shadows to serve as an invisible butler, becoming deeply and disastrously involved with his unknowing host family. Every thread of the plot is ingeniously tied together, creating a potent admixture of parable, love story, and thriller. Millás masterfully reveals the everyday as innately surreal as he renders the unbelievable tangible and the trivial fantastical, and full of dark humor.</p>

Publication Details

Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Published
2019
Pages
208
ISBN
9781942658665
Language
en

About Juan José Millás García

Juan José Millás García, o Juanjo Millás (Valencia, 31 de enero de 1946), es un escritor y periodista español. Su obra narrativa, traducida a más de una veintena de idiomas, ha sido reconocida con los más prestigiosos galardones literarios del ámbito hispano. Dentro de esta labor, es el inventor de un género nuevo: el articuento. Compagina su labor de narrador y columnista con la de conferenciante, director de talleres de escritura y colaborador en programas de radio. ---------- Juan José Millás García, or Juanjo Millás (Valencia, January 31, 1946), is a Spanish writer and journalist. His fiction, translated into more than twenty languages, has been recognized with the most prestigious literary awards in the Spanish-speaking world. He combines his work as a narrator and columnist with his work as a lecturer, director of writing workshops, and contributor to radio programs.

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