{"product_id":"03-jean-christophe-valtat-9780374100216","title":"03: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the bus stop across the street, it was hard to tell, but suddenly I understood, seeing the passengers in the van that picked her up every morning, that she was slightly retarded. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA precocious teenager in a French suburb finds himself powerfully, troublingly drawn to the girl he sees every day on the way to school. As he watches and thinks about her, his daydreams--full of lyrics from Joy Division and the Smiths, fairy tales, \u003ci\u003eFlowers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003efor Algernon\u003c\/i\u003e, sexual desire and fear, loneliness, rage for escape, impatience to grow up--reveal an entire adolescence. And this fleeting erotic obsession, remembered years later, blossoms into a meditation on what it means to be a smart kid, what it means to be dumb, and what it means to be in love with another person. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e03 \u003c\/i\u003eis a book about young love like none you have ever read. It marks the English-language debut of a unique French writer--one of the great stylists of his generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean-Christophe Valtat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374100217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374100216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.62w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/31\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/30\/2010 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/06\/2010 pg. 81","brand":"Jean-Christophe Valtat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159198986495,"sku":"9780374100216","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_013338a2-d208-45f9-b662-cde2fa288010.jpg?v=1689081195","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/03-jean-christophe-valtat-9780374100216","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}