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008    181227s2019    nyu    e      000 1 eng   
010      2018060792 
020    9781942658665 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
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092    |fF|aMILLAS 
100 1  Millás García, Juan José,|d1946-|eauthor. 
245 10 From the shadows /|cJuan José Millás ; translated by 
       Thomas Bunstead and Daniel Hahn. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBellevue Literary Press,|c2019. 
300    207 pages ;|c20 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    “[From the Shadows is] about alienation, loneliness, 
       voyeurism, and the power of fantasy to transform 
       claustrophobic, humdrum lives. Written by one of Spain’s 
       most original and important authors and set in 
       contemporary Madrid . . . [it is an] allegory that turns 
       middle-class comfort into a desert island.” ―Public Books
       “The narrative of Juan José Millás, our literary Buster 
       Keaton, is inimitable and unique.” ―La Vanguardia  Laid 
       off from his job, Damián Lobo obsessively imagines himself
       as a celebrity being interviewed on TV. After committing 
       an act of petty theft at an antiques market, he finds 
       himself trapped inside a wardrobe and delivered to the 
       seemingly idyllic home of a husband, wife, and their 
       internet-addicted teenage daughter. There, he sneaks from 
       the shadows to serve as an invisible butler, becoming 
       deeply and disastrously involved with his unknowing host 
       family. Every thread of the plot is ingeniously tied 
       together, creating a potent admixture of parable, love 
       story, and thriller. Millás masterfully reveals the 
       everyday as innately surreal as he renders the 
       unbelievable tangible and the trivial fantastical, and 
       full of dark humor. 
650  0 Families|vFiction. 
650  0 Absurdist|vFiction. 
700 1  Bunstead, Thomas,|etranslator. 
700 1  Hahn, Daniel,|etranslator. 
730 0  Desde la sombra.|lEnglish.