{"product_id":"quarry-clia-houdart-9781628973273","title":"Quarry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Pisa, Italy, an Armenian immigrant named Marco Iprannossian sits in jail awaiting judgment on the attempted murder of a local official.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel opens on the first day of his hearing--three years after his arrest--and follows the lives of Marco, his friends on the outside, the judge presiding over this case, her husband, and their teenage daughter, Lea. Through deceptively structured as a crime novel, \u003ci\u003eQuarry\u003c\/i\u003e's real concerns are both far smaller and far larger than those of a typical whodunit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoudart's modern tale, presented in a series of brief, elliptical snapshots, is a precision-cut gem of literary minimalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C駘ia Houdart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628973277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628973273\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\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/25\/2019","brand":"C駘ia Houdart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44131996696831,"sku":"9781628973273","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4025e848-1eb7-4730-82f5-f69a1c89e68e.jpg?v=1687477620","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quarry-clia-houdart-9781628973273","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}