{"product_id":"perla-9781496201027","title":"Perla","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTells the story of a woman who lived through the horrors of the Holocaust and would ultimately die unable to extricate herself from its corrosive memory. It is told from the point of view of her son, who, not long after losing her, learns that he is about to become a father. These two events become the impetus for reconstructing Perla's past and for understanding gestation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Frédéric Brun’s] first novel strikes its reader by its questioning, its humility, and its necessity.”—Alexandre Fillon, \u003ci\u003eLivres-Hebdo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Startling in its resplendent gentleness.”—Valérie Marin La Meslée, \u003ci\u003eLe Point\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Simple and clear in its language yet still capable of spanning a large and complicated subject. . . . A beautiful book and a glowing bright epitaph. But also—in all its beauty—a defiant act against the great darkness. In all its shapes.”—Jeppe Krogsgaard Christensen, \u003ci\u003eBerlinske \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Luminous pages, the beauty of well-written phrases, the delicate and pure style of an author one absolutely must discover.”—Mohammed Aïssaoui, \u003ci\u003eLe Figaro Littéraire\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409216151895,"sku":"9781496201027","price":13.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496201027.jpg?v=1730505982","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/perla-9781496201027","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}