{"product_id":"journey-not-to-end-paul-herr-9780578305677","title":"Journey Not to End","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescribed as \"a principal part of a longer work in progress,\" the first section of Paul Herr's only published novel, \u003cem\u003eJourney Not to End\u003c\/em\u003e, appeared in the Autumn 1959 issue of \u003cem\u003eChicago Review\u003c\/em\u003e. The full novel was originally published in 1961 by Bernard Geis Associates and released as a paperback the following year by Signet Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel relates the experiences of an unnamed protagonist, beginning with his escape from a displaced-persons camp in Europe at the end of World War II, followed by years of aimless travel on various freighters, and eventually leading to a chance encounter with a high-ranking Mexican military official who convinces him to help organize shipments of arms to Cuban revolutionaries attempting to overthrow the Batista dictatorship. As the novel progresses, the protagonist discovers his talents as a writer, and seeks to replace his existential fatalism with real purpose in life and an ever-elusive inner peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Herr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0578305674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780578305677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tough Poets Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.62d","brand":"Paul Herr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047945859327,"sku":"9780578305677","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f380deef-3695-433c-8ac9-e5d961ef7f89.jpg?v=1684993047","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/journey-not-to-end-paul-herr-9780578305677","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}