{"product_id":"a-room-youval-shimoni-9781628971330","title":"A Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA monumental, subversive classic of twentieth-century literature jailed upon its publication as one of the finest novels ever written in Hebrew, \u003ci\u003eA Room\u003c\/i\u003e is in the league of \u003ci\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Recognitions\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bedraggled detective is dispatched to an IDF base where a man was burned alive while making a training film. An art student in Paris breaks into a morgue to recreate Mantegna's Lamentation of Christ. A scripture (with commentary!) tells of a mythical nation uniting to construct a monument to their deity, then falling into chaos when no one can agree on its precise form or dimensions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Youval Shimoni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628971339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628971330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/21\/2015","brand":"Youval Shimoni","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132842012927,"sku":"9781628971330","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3410ab33-9485-4c31-86bb-7ca7d1df2eaf.jpg?v=1687482635","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-room-youval-shimoni-9781628971330","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}