{"product_id":"9780007517374_the-king-is-always-above-the-people","title":"The King Is Always Above the People","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn unforgettable collection of stories from Daniel Alarcón, one of the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e’s 20 best writers under 40, and one of the best storytellers of our time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMigration. Betrayal. Family secrets. Doomed love. Uncertain futures. In Daniel Alarcón’s hands, these are transformed into deeply human stories with high stakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn ‘The Thousands’, people are on the move and forging new paths; hope and heartbreak abound. A man deals with the fallout of his blind relatives' mysterious deaths and his father's mental breakdown and incarceration in ‘The Bridge’. A gang member discovers a way to forgiveness and redemption through the haze of violence and trauma in ‘The Ballad of Rocky Rontal’. And in the tour de force novella, ‘The Auroras’, a man severs himself from his old life and seeks to make a new one in a new city, only to find himself seduced and controlled by a powerful woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly drawn, full of unforgettable characters, \u003cem\u003eThe King is Always Above the People\u003c\/em\u003e reveals experiences both unsettling and unknown, and yet eerily familiar in this new world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daniel Alarcón","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284864352405,"sku":"9780007517374","price":17.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007517374.jpg?v=1776992256","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007517374_the-king-is-always-above-the-people","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}