{"product_id":"the-looking-glass-essential-stories","title":"The Looking-Glass: Essential Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'If Borges is the writer who made Garcia Marquez possible then it is no exaggeration to say that Machado De Assis is the writer who made Borges possible'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMachado de Assis is one of the most enigmatic and fascinating story writers who ever lived. What appear at first to be stately social satires reveal unanticipated depths through flashes of darkness and winking surrealism. This new selection of his finest work, translated by the prize-winning Daniel Hahn, showcases the many facets of his mercurial genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliant scientist opens the first asylum in his home town, only to start finding signs of insanity all around him. A young lieutenant basks in praise of his new position, but in solitude feels his identity fray into nothing. The reading of a much-loved, respected elder statesman's journals reveals hidden thoughts of merciless cruelty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The greatest writer ever produced in Latin America'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eSusan Sontag\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56815832564057,"sku":"8 DC 25 \/ K","price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0692\/6021\/files\/9781782278078.jpg?v=1765277671","url":"https:\/\/www.quaybooksstore.com\/products\/the-looking-glass-essential-stories","provider":"Quay Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}