{"product_id":"above-the-rain-paperback-by-victor-del-arbol","title":"Above the Rain Paperback by Victor del Árbol","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                        \n                            \n                                \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                \u003cul\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eOther Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2021-05-25)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e608\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781635429954\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e555.66\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.92 x 5.26 x 1.22\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                \u003cbr\u003e\n                                \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the latest novel from a master of European crime fiction, past, present, and future collide on a breathtaking journey from 1950s Morocco to modern-day Spain and Sweden.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Miguel and Helena meet at a nursing home in Tarifa, at an age when they believe they have lived it all already. Distanced from their children, they feel they are no longer needed. The sudden suicide of one of the other residents opens their eyes. They don’t want to spend their last days longing for supposedly better times, so together they decide to undertake the journey of their lives and confront the darkness in their pasts.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Meanwhile, in the distant Swedish city of Malmö, the young Yasmina, a child of Moroccan immigrants who dreams of being a singer, lives trapped between her authoritarian grandfather and her contemptuous mother, who is ashamed of Yasmina because she works for a Swede with a murky reputation. And she’s having a secret affair with the Deputy Commissioner of the Swedish police, an older, influential man.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e As Yasmina is drawn deeper into Malmö’s criminal underworld and Miguel and Helena approach the end of their feverish road trip, Víctor del Árbol masterfully reconstructs the history of violence that links their seemingly disparate lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eVíctor del Árbol \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Barcelona in 1968 and was an officer of the Catalan police force from 1992 to 2012. As the recipient of the Nadal Prize, the Tiflos Prize, and as the first Spanish author to win the Prix du Polar Européen, he has distinguished himself as a prominent voice in Spanish literature. Other Press has published his novels \u003ci\u003eBreathing Through the Wound\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Million Drops\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a Notable Book of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLisa Dillman\u003c\/b\u003e has translated a number of Spanish and Latin American writers. Some of her recent translations include \u003ci\u003eSuch Small Hands\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Luminous Republic\u003c\/i\u003e by Andrés Barba; \u003ci\u003eSigns Preceding the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Silent Fury\u003c\/i\u003e by Yuri Herrera; and \u003ci\u003eA Million Drops\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBreathing Through the Wound\u003c\/i\u003e by Víctor del Árbol. She teaches in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \n                        \n                        \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43205713035425,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781635429954","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/products\/9781635429954.jpg?v=1694104871","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/above-the-rain-paperback-by-victor-del-arbol","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}