{"product_id":"street-of-thieves-mathias-nard-9781940953014","title":"Street of Thieves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A tremendous accomplishment. . . . ﾉnard's Zone is, in short, one of the best books of the year\"--\u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExiled from his family for religious transgressions related to his feelings for his cousin, Lakhdar finds himself on the streets of Barcelona hiding from both the police and the Muslim Group for the Propagation of Koranic Thoughts, a group he worked for in Tangier not long after being thrown out on the streets by his father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLakhdar's transformations--from a boy into a man, from a devout Muslim into a sinner--take place against some of the most important events of the past few years: the violence and exciting eruption of the Arab Spring and the devastating collapse of Europe's economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf all of that isn't enough, Lakhdar reunites with a childhood friend--one who is planning an assassination, a murder Lakhdar opposes. A finalist for the prestigious Prix Goncourt, \u003ci\u003eStreet of Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e solidifies ﾉnard's place as one of France's most ambitious and keyed-in contemporary novelists. This book may even suprpass ﾉnard's earlier work, \u003ci\u003eZone\u003c\/i\u003e, which Christophe Claro boldly declared to be \"the novel of the decade, if not of the century.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMathias ﾉnard\u003c\/b\u003e studied Persian and Arabic and spent long periods in the Middle East. A professor of Arabic at the University of Barcelona, he won the Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie and the Prix Edm馥 de la Rochefoucauld for his first novel, \u003ci\u003eLa perfection du tir.\u003c\/i\u003e He has been awarded many prizes for \u003ci\u003eZone\u003c\/i\u003e, including the Prix du Livre Inter and the Prix D馗embre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Mandell\u003c\/b\u003e has translated works from a number of important French authors, including Proust, Flaubert, Genet, Maupassant, and Blanchot, among others. She received a Literary Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for her translation of ﾉnard's \u003ci\u003eZone\u003c\/i\u003e along with a French Voices grant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mathias ﾉnard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1940953014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940953014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/2015 pg. 21","brand":"Mathias ﾉnard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978879729919,"sku":"9781940953014","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c1530e2-1244-4e81-b4ef-7c14d6f0c333.jpg?v=1683243398","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/street-of-thieves-mathias-nard-9781940953014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}