{"product_id":"the-syphilis-artist-per-olav-verzos-9781800162297","title":"The Syphilis Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a tale of stark colours, contrasts, and emotions, we follow the Norwegian artist Andreas Olav Hansen's at times terrible and tragic life as he negotiates his way through his own private hell of blindness and solitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObsessed with a girl called Mia Miraja, and not sure whether she is real or a fantasy, until she appears at the door of his grandfather's house in Southern Norway, his life melds into a multicoloured landscape of colours and beauty contrasting with utter darkness and loneliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this shattering and beautiful debut novel by Per Olav Verås, we see shades of Jerzy Kosinski's\u003cem\u003e The Painted Bird\u003c\/em\u003e, and the truth is brought home that evil sometimes can never be escaped, or fixed, or forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Per Olav Verås\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1800162294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800162297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanguard Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.78d","brand":"Per Olav Verås","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519407993087,"sku":"9781800162297","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8c535df9-5fee-423e-94bb-73e52f1c1d04.jpg?v=1778737433","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-syphilis-artist-per-olav-verzos-9781800162297","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}