{"product_id":"the-musical-brain","title":"The Musical Brain","description":"A delirious collection of short stories from the Latin American master of microfiction, César Aira-the author of at least eighty novels, most of them barely one hundred pages long-\u003cem\u003eThe Musical Brain \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e comprises twenty tales about oddballs, freaks, and loonies. Aira, with his \u003cem\u003efuga hacia adelante\u003c\/em\u003e or \"flight forward\" into the unknown, gives us imponderables to ponder and bizarre and seemingly out-of-context plot lines, as well as thoughtful and passionate takes on everyday reality. The title story, first published in the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, is the crème de la crème of this exhilarating collection.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833680146637,"sku":"9780811220293","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_899a4e4e-0c1c-40a1-93f3-3e6f316f0e0a.jpg?v=1790892789","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-musical-brain","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}