{"product_id":"linden-tree","title":"Linden Tree","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLinden Tree\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eCésar Aira\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780811219082\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNew Directions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2018\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eTranslation\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA delightful fictional memoir about César Aira's small hometown. The narrator, born the same year and now living in the same great city (Buenos Aires) as César Aira, could be the author himself. Beginning with his parents--an enigmatic handsome black father who gathered linden flowers for his sleep-inducing tea and an irrational, crippled mother of European descent--the narrator catalogs memories of his childhood: his friends, his peculiar first job, his many gossiping neighbors, and the landscape and architecture of the provinces. \u003cem\u003eThe Linden Tree\u003c\/em\u003e beautifully brings back to life that period in Argentina when the poor, under the guiding hand of Eva Perón, aspired to a newly created middle class.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs it moves from anecdote to anecdote, this charming short novella--touching, funny, and sometimes surreal--invites the reader to visit the source of Aira's extraordinary imagination. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"New Directions","offers":[{"title":"Linden Tree | César Aira | Book | 9780811219082 | New | Fiction 1405634","offer_id":50561096384770,"sku":"1405634","price":28.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/51lGG4aTIzL.jpg?v=1790705296","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/linden-tree","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}