{"product_id":"where-tigers-are-at-home-jean-marie-blas-de-robles-9781590515624","title":"Where Tigers Are at Home","description":"Winner of the Prix M dicis, this multifaceted literary novel follows the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher across 17th century Europe and Eleazard von Wogau, a retired French correspondent, through modern Brazil. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Eleazard begins editing a strange, unpublished biography of Kircher, the rest of his life seems to begin unraveling--his ex-wife goes on a dangerous geological expedition to Mato Grosso; his daughter abandons school to travel with her young professor and her lesbian lover to an indigenous beach town, where the trio use drugs and form interdependent sexual relationships; and Eleazard himself starts losing his sanity, escalated by loneliness, and his work on the biography. Patterns begin to emerge from these interwoven narratives, which develop toward a mesmerizing climax. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the Goncourt Prize and the European Book Award, and already translated into 14 languages, \u003ci\u003eWhere Tigers Are At Home\u003c\/i\u003e is large-scale epic, at once literary and entertaining, that belongs in the company of Umberto Eco and Haruki Murakami.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean-Marie Blas De Robles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590515625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590515624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.58w x 2.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2013 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2013 pg. 90","brand":"Jean-Marie Blas De Robles","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44756759052543,"sku":"9781590515624","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2cecac9b-2346-41db-8a96-6e2752182eb7.jpg?v=1706593780","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/where-tigers-are-at-home-jean-marie-blas-de-robles-9781590515624","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}