{"product_id":"first-blood-amlie-nothomb-9781609458447","title":"First Blood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2021 RENAUDOT PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 STREGA EUROPEAN PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWORLD LITERATURE TODAY\u003c\/em\u003e NOTABLE BOOK 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA moving fictionalized account of Nothomb's own father, who died of Covid related symptoms in early 2020, this is the acclaimed author's most personal and heartfelt novel.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Republic of the Congo, 1964. A young man faces a firing squad, preparing for his last moment on Earth. He is known as a complex and complicated man whose childhood left him hungry for affection and attention and who transformed his emotional wounds into a brilliant career as a diplomat and a negotiator. Now he finds himself negotiating for his own life, together with the lives of 1,500 Congolese citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the life of her father and by her lifelong effort to understand him, Am駘ie Nothomb's new novel is about life-and-death decisions, about reckoning with one's past, reconciling with one's parents, and about the hard, often humorous work of determining one's own path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Am駘ie Nothomb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609458443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609458447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2023 pg. 24","brand":"Am駘ie Nothomb","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080314614015,"sku":"9781609458447","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5685ab2b-f4b2-4259-98fc-c156a97c1ed3.jpg?v=1685486126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/first-blood-amlie-nothomb-9781609458447","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}