{"product_id":"1914-9781595589248","title":"1914","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eFive Frenchmen go off to war, two of them leaving behind a certain young woman who longs for their return. But the main character in \u003ci\u003e1914\u003c\/i\u003e is the Great War itself. Jean Echenoz, the multi-award-winning French literary magician whose work has been compared to Joseph Conrad and Lawrence Sterne, has brought that deathtrap back to life, leading us gently from a balmy summer day deep into the insatiable—and still unthinkable—carnage of trench warfare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the delicacy of a miniaturist and with irony both witty and clear-eyed, the author offers us an intimate epic with the atmosphere of a classic movie: in the panorama of a clear blue sky, a biplane spirals suddenly into the ground; a tardy piece of shrapnel shears the top off a man's head as if it were a soft-boiled egg; we dawdle dreamily in a spring-scented clearing with a lonely shell-shocked soldier strolling innocently to a firing squad ready to shoot him for desertion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut ultimately, the grace notes of humanity in \u003ci\u003e1914\u003c\/i\u003e rise above the terrors of war in this beautifully crafted tale that Echenoz tells with discretion, precision, and love.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jean Echenoz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48284405170427,"sku":"9781595589248","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_8faeb737-46cc-4ee1-91f3-bd3ddd4fd2be.jpg?v=1771414963","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/1914-9781595589248","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}