{"product_id":"dogs-at-the-perimeter-9780393354300","title":"Dogs at the Perimeter","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second novel by the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author Madeleine Thien is \"beautiful, deeply moving, [and] addresses universal questions\" (\u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The strife in Indo-China has inspired some astonishing writing in recent decades…\u003cem\u003eDogs at the Perimeter\u003c\/em\u003e belongs with the best of such works. But it also tells a more universal story about being borne back into the past—and the inescapability of history.\" -- Economist\u003cbr\u003e\"Fiction like this, clear-eyed and truthful, can give a shape to the chaos of history…The quiet elegance of Thien’s writing makes a brutal story powerful and moving.\" -- The Times (London)\u003cbr\u003e\"Utterly convincing in how it weighs the psychological damage inflicted by a regime that demands denial of family, friends and self as a condition of survival.\" -- Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\"The beauty of Madeleine Thien’s prose doesn’t reside only in its clarity and elegance. She’s a surveyor of damaged lives, and her characters no longer possess the requisite layers of skin to protect them from what they have endured, and what they remember. Thien, a deeply empathetic writer, enfolds her wounded creations in morally precise language, offering the consolation of, in effect, storytelling.\" -- Charles Foran - Globe and Mail\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eDogs at the Perimeter\u003c\/em\u003e] captures the random terror and chaos of Year Zero and presents a credible portrait of Phnom Penh…Thien’s observations of the ravaged country maintain a fine balance between lyricism and horror.\" -- Alfred Hickling - Guardian","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525152416087,"sku":"9780393354300","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393354300.jpg?v=1731859432","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dogs-at-the-perimeter-9780393354300","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}