{"product_id":"delirium-a-novel-9780385519908","title":"Delirium: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eInternationally acclaimed for the virtuosity and power of her fiction  Laura Restrepo has created in Delirium a passionate  lyrical  devastating tale of eros and insanity.  Aguilar  an unemployed literature professor who has resorted to selling dog food for a living  returns home from a short trip to discover that his wife  Agustina  has gone mad. He doesnt know what has happened during his absence  and in his search for answers  he gradually unearths profound and shadowy secrets about her past.  On one level  Delirium reads like a detective story  as the reader pieces together information to discover the roots of Agustinas madness. But it is also a remarkably nuanced novel whose currents run much deeper  delving into the minds of four characters: Aguilar  a husband passionately in love with his wife and determined to rescue her from insanity: Agustina  a beautiful woman from an upper-class Colombian family who is caught in the throes of madness; Midas  a drug-trafficker and money-launderer  who is Agustinas former lover; and Nicols  Agustinas grandfather. Through the mixing of these distinct voices  Laura Restrepo creates a searing portrait of a society battered by war and corruption as well as an intimate look at the daily lives of people struggling to stay sane in an unstable country.  Delirium already has been awarded the 2004 Premio Alfaguara  the 2006 Grinzane Cavour Prize in Italy  and was shortlisted for the prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger in France for best translated fiction. It is an ambitious and deeply affecting masterwork by one of Latin Americas most important contemporary voices.  Translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646877032501,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385519907","price":23.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385519908.jpg?v=1781679500","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/delirium-a-novel-9780385519908","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}