{"product_id":"remains","title":"Remains","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesús Castillo has created a sprawling contemporary epic that channels the mighty voices of the past (Ovid, Sappho) into a plainspoken song of our times. In a deft, generous style, Castillo takes hold of the stuff of our everyday lives and converts it into modern manna. The book is lovingly relentless, quietly piercing. It is a terrifyingly recognizable call: it is filled with all of our voices, our panic, our modern love, our screens, our roommate’s cough, our melting icebergs, our planes and malls and frailties. Castillo writes,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a test. A set of margins created  \u003cbr\u003efor company. For waiting in train stations\u003cbr\u003eor asking a stranger the time. You’re allowed\u003cbr\u003eto freak out this much only. There’s a green car\u003cbr\u003eparked outside, by the curb, near the bike racks.\u003cbr\u003eAn old man is asking people to put\u003cbr\u003echange in his plastic cup, and I remember\u003cbr\u003emy name contains both my father’s and\u003cbr\u003egrandfather’s stories. The table I’m sitting at\u003cbr\u003eis made of steel and marble. It’s cold and it’s\u003cbr\u003espring. In the song on the radio, a noise?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McSweeney's","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":53391594848529,"sku":"9781940450421","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/6890\/3185\/files\/cover_17019cc2-1c55-474d-b7bb-4fbd657a4c3b.jpeg?v=1776866934","url":"https:\/\/www.stablebookgroup.com\/products\/remains","provider":"Stable Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}