{"product_id":"last-day-of-a-prior-life-a-novel-by-andres-barba-lisa-dillman","title":"Last Day of a Prior Life: A Novel by Andrés Barba, Lisa Dillman (Hardcover) (PREORDER)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiction - Literary - Magical Realism - Horror\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRELEASE DATE: 8\/25\/2026  (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER'S WAREHOUSE)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A ghost story without ghosts that, beyond its formal elegance, explores loneliness, the cycles in which our lives revolve, and the immeasurable challenges of affection.”—Mariana Enríquez, author of Our Share of Night\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this contemporary ghost story, award-winning author Andrés Barba eerily explores how the past can hold us captive, as a woman encounters a boy with an otherworldly stare in an empty house.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile eagerly preparing a house for prospective buyers, a woman finds herself face to face with a strange sight: a seven-year-old boy who doesn't blink. Seemingly appearing and disappearing before her again and again, he sooner resembles an apparition. But one thing is clear: the boy wants something from her. Choosing to leave her everyday world behind, the woman steps through the looking glass, inadvertently nurturing a disturbing co-dependence and discovering a suspended time, a loop, and another life in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContaining all the elements of a perfect ghost story, Last Day of a Prior Life is a richly atmospheric, disturbing, and dazzling gem of a novel that calls to mind the gothic tales of Shirley Jackson and the fractured realities of Black Mirror. Award-winning author Andrés Barba demonstrates his exquisite talent for dissecting human intimacy and excavating the links between past and present, while delivering a masterful exploration of human longing and the ties that bind us, even across time itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUTHOR BIO: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrés Barba\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the award-winning author of numerous books, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuch Small Hands\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Right Intention\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He was one of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's Best Young Spanish novelists and received the Premio Herralde for his most recent novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLuminous Republic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was translated into over twenty languages. He lives in Argentina.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRANSLATOR BIO: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Dillman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a translator from the Spanish whose work has been twice named a finalist for the National Book Award, shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, and received the Best Translated Book Award and Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. She teaches at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Every now and then, an author not only documents reality, but creates an entirely new one, one that illuminates our darkest feelings. Kafka did it. Bruno Schulz did it. And now Spanish writer Andrés Barba has done it too.\" - \u003cb\u003eEdmund White, author of A Boy's Own Story and The Loves of My Life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Wholly compelling.\" - \u003cb\u003eColm Tóibín, New York Times bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island, on A Luminous Republic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A terrifying masterpiece . . . Andrés is a write of extraordinary talent.\" - \u003cb\u003eOmar El Akkad, New York Times bestselling author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, on A Luminous Republic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A rapturous fable and a ruinous forecast of the havoc that comes from civil inaction.\" - \u003cb\u003eIdra Novey, author of Take What You Need and Ways To Disappear, on A Luminous Republic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"One of the best books I've ever read . . . There is an air of magic, black and white, lingering around every page of this epic novel of 192 pages, like gun smoke after a shootout. \" - \u003cb\u003eEdmund White, author of A Boy's Own Story and The Loves of My Life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"At first this book will scare you, but after that you feel something much deeper, disturbing and luminous.\" - \u003cb\u003eSamanta Schweblin, Author of the National Book Award winning Seven Empty Houses, on A Luminous Republic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperVia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50178256502977,"sku":"9780063352056","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/7522\/1441\/files\/9780063352056.jpg?v=1777852664","url":"https:\/\/www.bookhavenbooks.com\/products\/last-day-of-a-prior-life-a-novel-by-andres-barba-lisa-dillman","provider":"Book Haven Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}