{"product_id":"good-and-evil-and-other-stories","title":"Good and Evil and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnce a decade a story collection rips a hole in the sky and we remember how it feels to have a spell cast upon us. From Jamaica Kincaid’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt the Bottom of the River\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto Denis Johnson’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJesus’s Son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to the earthquake stories of Haruki Murakami, these books are often short, but unforgettable. Samanta Schweblin’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood and Evil\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis such a book. Sculpted and lucid, strange and uncanny, here is a masterpiece of suggestiveness. Step by step these six stories lure us into the shadows to confront the monsters of everyday life—ourselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn one tale, a mother surfaces from the depths of the lake behind her house, where she saw something awful yet alluring, to go home to her family, only to wish she could go back. In another, a sorrowful father finds himself unable to communicate with his son after a life-changing misfortune occurs under his supervision. In yet another, a dying woman calls a friend she hasn’t spoken to in thirty years—not since an accident which forever changed them both.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuilt, grief, and relationships severed permeate this collection—but so do unspeakable bonds of family, love, and longing, each sinister and beautiful. When something seismic happens in our lives, the waves keep coming for years after, with warning or without. Sometimes, all we can do is wait around the corner, ear pressed to the phone receiver, for them to arrive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFantastical and subtly terrifying, these stories draw on magical realism, psychological fiction, and the dark side of fairy tales inherited from literary predecessors like the Brothers Grimm and Jorge Luis Borges. Yet, far from antiquated or closed off, Schweblin’s worlds invite us in, like quicksand or a strong river’s current. These stories will insinuate themselves into your heart, and your bloodstream.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samanta Schweblin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54870166896979,"sku":"9781035050185","price":0.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1002\/1584\/9299\/files\/GoodandEvilandOtherStories-9781035050185.jpg?v=1788653814","url":"https:\/\/hiddennookclub.com\/products\/good-and-evil-and-other-stories","provider":"Hidden Nook Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}