{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-world-julian-barnes-9780679731375","title":"A History of the World in 10 1\/2 Chapters","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"playful, witty, and entertaining\" book (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) that offers an exhilarating vision of the world, starting with the voyage of Noah's ark and ending with a sneak preview of heaven--from the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e The Sense of an Ending. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIt's a hilariously revisionist account of Noah's ark, narrated by a passenger who doesn't appear in Genesis. It's a sneak preview of heaven. It encompasses the stories of a cruise ship hijacked by terrorists and of woodworms tried for blasphemy in sixteenth-century France. It explores the relationship of fact to fabulation and the antagonism between history and love. In short, \u003ci\u003eA History of the World in 101\/2 Chapters\u003c\/i\u003e is a grandly ambitious and inventive work of fiction, in the traditions of Joyce and Calvino, from the author of the widely acclaimed \u003ci\u003eFlaubert's Parrot. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julian Barnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679731377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679731375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.14w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/1990","brand":"Julian Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044300681471,"sku":"9780679731375","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_befff7eb-6355-4219-979d-cb77b103f421.jpg?v=1684972051","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-history-of-the-world-julian-barnes-9780679731375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}