{"product_id":"a-miracle-a-universe-lawrence-weschler-9780226893945","title":"A Miracle, a Universe: Settling Accounts with Torturers","description":"During the past fifteen years, one of the most vexing issues facing fledgling transitional democracies around the world--from South Africa to Eastern Europe, from Cambodia to Bosnia--has been what to do about the still-toxic security apparatuses left over from the previous regime. In this now-classic and profoundly influential study, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's Lawrence Weschler probes these dilemmas across two gripping narratives (set in Brazil and Uruguay, among the first places to face such concerns), true-life thrillers in which torture victims, faced with the paralysis of the new regime, themselves band together to settle accounts with their former tormentors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Disturbing and often enthralling.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Extraordinarily moving. . . . Weschler writes brilliantly.\"--\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Implausible, intricate and dazzling.\"--\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As Weschler's interviewees told their tales, I paced agitatedly, choked back tears. . . . Weschler narrates these two episodes with skill and tact. . . . An inspiring book.\"--George Scialabba, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Weschler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226893944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226893945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.26w x 0.71d","brand":"Lawrence Weschler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946349953279,"sku":"9780226893945","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_aadf4be3-5d90-42c0-9ceb-b3cc4a3e7125.jpg?v=1681512644","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-miracle-a-universe-lawrence-weschler-9780226893945","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}