{"product_id":"divers-clothes-lie-empty-paperback","title":"Diver's Clothes Lie Empty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eLet the Northern Lights Erase Your Name\u003c\/em\u003e comes a taut, spellbinding literary thriller that probes the essence and malleability of identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Vendela Vida's taut and mesmerizing novel of ideas, a woman travels to Casablanca, Morocco, on mysterious business. While checking into her hotel, the woman is robbed of her wallet and passport--all of her money and identification. Stripped of her identity, she feels burdened by the crime yet strangely liberated by her sudden freedom to be anyone she wants to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with vibrant, lush detail and a wicked sense of humor, \u003cem\u003eThe Diver's Clothes Lie Empty\u003c\/em\u003e is part literary mystery, part psychological thriller--an unforgettable novel that explores free will, power, and a woman's right to choose not her past, perhaps not her present, but certainly her future. This is Vendela Vida's most assured and ambitious novel yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Part glamorous travelogue, part slow-burn mystery, this full-bodied tale of a runaway is at once formally inventive and heartbreakingly familiar. (It's also insanely funny.)\"--Lena Dunham\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Vida's] finest book....With its echoes of Hitchcock and Highsmith, this novel is full of darting pleasures.\"--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eLet the Northern Lights Erase Your Name\u003c\/em\u003e comes a taut, spellbinding literary thriller that probes the essence and malleability of identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Vendela Vida's taut and mesmerizing novel of ideas, a woman travels to Casablanca, Morocco, on mysterious business. While checking into her hotel, the woman is robbed of her wallet and passport--all of her money and identification. Stripped of her identity, she feels burdened by the crime yet strangely liberated by her sudden freedom to be anyone she wants to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with vibrant, lush detail and a wicked sense of humor, \u003cem\u003eThe Diver's Clothes Lie Empty\u003c\/em\u003e is part literary mystery, part psychological thriller--an unforgettable novel that explores free will, power, and a woman's right to choose not her past, perhaps not her present, but certainly her future. This is Vendela Vida's most assured and ambitious novel yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Part glamorous travelogue, part slow-burn mystery, this full-bodied tale of a runaway is at once formally inventive and heartbreakingly familiar. (It's also insanely funny.)\"--Lena Dunham\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Vida's] finest book....With its echoes of Hitchcock and Highsmith, this novel is full of darting pleasures.\"--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369172959455,"sku":"9780062110947","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/f88h52JNG19780062110947.webp?v=1789139283","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/divers-clothes-lie-empty-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}