{"product_id":"the-strangers-paperback-1","title":"The Strangers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJon Bilbao\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKatie Whittemore\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Spanish-gothic version of a Patricia Highsmith novel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eJon and Katharina spend the winter in Jon's childhood home on the Cantabrian coast, lonely and bored, ambivalent about their precarious freelance jobs and disconnected in their relationship. Yet the couple's routine will soon be disturbed when one rainy night, they witness strange lights in the sky over the village. The next morning, ufologists begin to arrive in the village, anxious to make extraterrestrial contact. The morning brings other unexpected guests: Jon's distant cousin, Markel, and his companion, the silent, alluring Virginia. The visit becomes increasingly uncomfortable as-like the ufologists camped out in view of the house--the strangers stay on and show little sign of planning to leave. Days stretch into weeks, even as the cousins can't remember ever having met, Virginia's behavior becomes subtly threatening, and Jon begins doubt that Markel is who he says he . . . A deliciously tense and darkly humorous novella that explores the border that separates love from routine and offers a twist on theme of \"the other\" and how to live with the unknown, \u003ci\u003eThe Strangers \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces English readers to singular talent. \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJon Bilbao is the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003eComo una historia de terror \u003c\/i\u003e(Ojo Critico Prize for Narrative), \u003ci\u003eUnder the Influence of the Comet\u003c\/i\u003e (Tigre Juan Prize and Euskadi Prize for Literature) and \u003ci\u003eFamily Physics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStromboli\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Brother of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParents, Children and Primates\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Voices Award, Other Areas), \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and the White Whale\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBasilico \u003c\/i\u003e(Navarra Bookstore Prize). \u003ci\u003eThe Strangers \u003c\/i\u003eis his latest novel. He currently resides in Bilbao, where he works as a translator. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eKatie Whittemore translates from the Spanish. She is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire (BA), Cambridge University (M.Phil), and Middlebury College (MA), as well as a 2018 Bread Loaf Translators Conference participant. Her work has appeared in Two Lines, The Arkansas International, The Common Online, Gulf Coast Magazine Online, The Brooklyn Rail, and InTranslation. Her current projects include novels by Spanish authors Sara Mesa, Javier Serena, Aliocha Coll, Lara Moreno, Juan Gomez Barcena, and Aroa Moreno Durán. Whittemore lives in Valencia, Spain, and received an NEA Fellowship for Translation in 2022.\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 134\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697359851583,"sku":"9781628974553","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/34d414e7db358457589e789ba46ed2b9.webp?v=1765009172","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-strangers-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}