{"product_id":"such-small-hands","title":"Such Small Hands","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every once in a while a novel does not record reality but creates a whole new reality, one that casts a light on our darkest feelings. Kafka did that. Bruno Schulz did that. Now the Spanish writer Andrés Barba has done it with the terrifying \u003ci\u003eSuch Small Hands\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003cb\u003eEdmund White\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife changes at the orphanage the day seven-year-old Marina shows up. She is different from the other girls: at once an outcast and object of fascination. As Marina struggles to find her place, she invents a game whose rules are dictated by a haunting violence. Written in hypnotic, lyrical prose, alternating between Marina's perspective and the choral \u003ci\u003ewe\u003c\/i\u003e of the other girls, \u003ci\u003eSuch Small Hands\u003c\/i\u003e evokes the pain of loss and the hunger for acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Transit Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48515461415161,"sku":"9781945492006","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_6417dec0-ae98-4b55-812a-871714b8ff64.jpg?v=1781207815","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/such-small-hands","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}