{"product_id":"a-poison-apple-michel-laub-9781910701478","title":"A Poison Apple","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Selected as one of the Best Books 2017 in the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'One of Brazil's finest authors offers a meditation on betrayal, guilt, survival and the many ways in which personal and collective histories collide' - ﾁngel Gurr?-Quintana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs it better to burn out than to fade away? An entrancing novel of loss and regret, from the prizewinning Brazilian novelist Michel Laub.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this sinuous meditation on passion, youth and guilt, a man looks back over twenty years to his relationship with his first love, Valeria, and its tragic climax..\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey both had tickets to Nirvana in 1993, the only gig the band ever played in Brazil. But he was on military service and failed to join her. She was there with his best friend instead. Consumed by insecurities and tricks of memory, he continues to feel, two decades later, that one fateful night has defined his entire adult life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEntwining this most personal story with seminal events of the 1990s, \u003ci\u003eA Poison Apple\u003c\/i\u003e circles around and back to some of the biggest questions: what is a life worth? What does it mean to really commit to living? And can we ever break free of the past?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuccessor to his prizewinning \u003ci\u003eDiary of the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a beautiful and haunting novel that shows Michel Laub at his mesmeric best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michel Laub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910701475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910701478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvill Secker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.60w x 0.70d","brand":"Michel Laub","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071008076031,"sku":"9781910701478","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09df555b-1939-473c-92ec-3dc1cecac5a6.jpg?v=1685433615","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-poison-apple-michel-laub-9781910701478","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}