{"product_id":"november-9781628971118","title":"November","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNovember\u003c\/em\u003e may be said to have four sets of protagonists: a group of night- shift workers in southeast France; their friends, relatives, lovers, and acquaintances; the factory in which they work; and the work itself.\u003cbr\u003e  Christopher Woodall is a writer and translator. His translations include Piero Camporesi’s \u003cem\u003eExotic Brew\u003c\/em\u003e and Lydie Salvayre’s \u003cem\u003eThe Company of Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eNovember\u003c\/em\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis novel takes place over the course of two and a half hours one evening in November 1976 at the plastic die-casting workshop where these men are employed. Staggering in scope, November is a virtuosic performance -a contemporary take on the classical modernist novel, anatomizing the ways we live, think, and labor; what we have lost; and what we are losing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[T]he novel—whose sequel is in process—is reminiscent at points of Jean Eustache’s 1973 film \u003cem\u003eThe Mother and the Whore\u003c\/em\u003e: complex, deep, and seemingly unending.\u003c\/p\u003e * Kirkus Reviews *","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863581327703,"sku":"9781628971118","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781628971118.jpg?v=1759920872","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/november-9781628971118","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}