{"product_id":"peace-vintage-contemporaries-9780307388582","title":"Peace Vintage Contemporaries","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis small masterpiece with the same emotional force and moral complexity as Conrad’s \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e and Tolstoy’s \u003ci\u003eHadji Murad\u003c\/i\u003e” (Colm Tóibín) \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003einspired the film \u003ci\u003eRecon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eItaly, near Cassino, in the terrible winter of 1944. An icy rain, continuing unabated  for days. Guided by a seventy-year-old Italian man in rope-soled shoes, three American  soldiers are sent on a reconnaissance mission up the side of a steep hill that they  discover, before very long, to be a mountain. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs they climb, the old man's indeterminate  loyalties only add to the terror and confusion that engulf them. \u003ci\u003ePeace \u003c\/i\u003eis a feat  of storytelling from one of America's most acclaimed novelists: a powerful look at  the corrosiveness of violence, the human cost of war, and the redemptive power of  mercy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524727120215,"sku":"9780307388582","price":12.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780307388582.jpg?v=1731857898","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/peace-vintage-contemporaries-9780307388582","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}