{"product_id":"a-room-9781628971330","title":"A Room","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bedraggled detective is dispatched to an IDF base where a man was burned alive while making a training film. An art student in Paris breaks into a morgue to recreate Mantegna’s \u003cem\u003eLamentation of Christ\u003c\/em\u003e. A scripture (with commentary!) tells of a mythical nation uniting to construct a monument to their deity, then falling into chaos when no one can agree on its precise form or dimensions. Hailed from publication as one of the finest novels ever written in Hebrew, \u003cem\u003eA Room\u003c\/em\u003e is in the league of \u003cem\u003eGravity’s Rainbow\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eThe Recognitions\u003c\/em\u003e: a monumental, subversive classic of twentieth-century literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Room\u003c\/em\u003e is strongly recommended to readers of post-modern and experimental fiction who enjoy stream of consciousness narratives and who are willing to delve deeper than a thin plot’s surface level.\" -\u003cem\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shimoni's heavily experimental book has been likened to J.R. Gaddis' \u003cem\u003e Recognitions\u003c\/em\u003e and Thomas Pynchon's \u003cem\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/em\u003e.\" -\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863581393239,"sku":"9781628971330","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781628971330.jpg?v=1759920873","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-room-9781628971330","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}