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{"id":7325038051387,"title":"The Winter War","handle":"the-winter-war","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the surface, the Paul family are living the liberal, middle-class Scandinavian dream. Max Paul is a renowned sociologist and his wife Katriina has a well-paid job in the public sector. They live in an airy apartment in the centre of Helsinki. But look closer and the cracks start to show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs he approaches his sixtieth birthday, the certainties of Max's life begin to dissolve. He hasn't produced any work of note for decades. His wife no longer loves him. His grown-up daughters — one in London, one in Helsinki — have problems of their own. So when a former student turned journalist shows up and offers him a seductive lifeline, Max starts down a dangerous path from which he may never find a way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFunny, sharp, and brilliantly truthful, Teir's debut has the feel of a big, contemporary, humane American novel, but with a distinctly Scandinavian edge.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:48:07-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:48:07-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41929819193403,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781487000448","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Winter War","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1995,"weight":499,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781487000448","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000448.jpg?v=1736358407"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000448.jpg?v=1736358407","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979630129211,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000448.jpg?v=1736358407"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000448.jpg?v=1736358407","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eOn the surface, the Paul family are living the liberal, middle-class Scandinavian dream. Max Paul is a renowned sociologist and his wife Katriina has a well-paid job in the public sector. They live in an airy apartment in the centre of Helsinki. But look closer and the cracks start to show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs he approaches his sixtieth birthday, the certainties of Max's life begin to dissolve. He hasn't produced any work of note for decades. His wife no longer loves him. His grown-up daughters — one in London, one in Helsinki — have problems of their own. So when a former student turned journalist shows up and offers him a seductive lifeline, Max starts down a dangerous path from which he may never find a way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFunny, sharp, and brilliantly truthful, Teir's debut has the feel of a big, contemporary, humane American novel, but with a distinctly Scandinavian edge.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePHILIP TEIR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, a Finnish-Swede, is considered one of the most promising young writers in Scandinavia. His poetry and short stories have been included in anthologies, including Granta Finland. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Winter War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e is his first novel. He is married with two children and lives in Helsinki, Finland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTIINA NUNNALLY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e has won numerous awards for her translations of Scandinavian fiction. Her most recent translations include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e by Hans Christian Andersen (Viking) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHans Christian Andersen: A New Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e by Jens Andersen (Overlook). She lives in New Mexico.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Teir, Philip","Contributor_1":"Nunnally, Tiina","Imprint":"Anansi International","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325037822011,"title":"Taken","handle":"taken","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this graceful, haunting, and evocative novel, the Gulf War becomes a touch-stone for Suzanne's meditation on her mother's life in World War II.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaken is a tribute to women whose lives have been taken over, or even taken, by war. In the end, out of the wreckage of grief and power, love and light -- however changed -- endure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:42:50-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:42:50-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1795,"price_min":1795,"price_max":1795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41929811394619,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887845871","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Taken","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1795,"weight":209,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887845871","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845871.jpg?v=1736358096"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845871.jpg?v=1736358096","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979629670459,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.641,"height":608,"width":390,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845871.jpg?v=1736358096"},"aspect_ratio":0.641,"height":608,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845871.jpg?v=1736358096","width":390}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this graceful, haunting, and evocative novel, the Gulf War becomes a touch-stone for Suzanne's meditation on her mother's life in World War II.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaken is a tribute to women whose lives have been taken over, or even taken, by war. In the end, out of the wreckage of grief and power, love and light -- however changed -- endure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eDaphne Marlatt is the author of the novels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAna Historic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. She has published numerous collections of poetry, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteveston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Given\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, which won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. In 2006, she was appointed to the Order of Canada. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Marlatt, Daphne","Imprint":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eHouse of Anansi Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Publisher":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eHouse of Anansi Press Inc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325037592635,"title":"Lazy Days","handle":"lazy-days","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoppler\u003c\/em\u003e, a wry and very funny look at the pitfalls of human existence … and the charms of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAspiring playwright Bror Telemann loves all things British. His wife, Nina, loves everything German. So a family holiday at the foot of the Alps, south of Munich — which Bror believes to be the birthplace of Nazism — is bound to cause tension. Especially when Bror spends the whole time virtually stalking (and constantly fantasizing about) his greatest obsession, British chef Nigella Lawson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan Telemann continue to bear the pressure of his empty existence? Or will his long-suffering family be the first to snap?\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:35:15-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:35:15-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41929797042235,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770894129","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Lazy Days","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1995,"weight":281,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770894129","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894129.jpg?v=1736357656"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894129.jpg?v=1736357656","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979629113403,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.58,"height":2415,"width":1400,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894129.jpg?v=1736357656"},"aspect_ratio":0.58,"height":2415,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894129.jpg?v=1736357656","width":1400}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoppler\u003c\/em\u003e, a wry and very funny look at the pitfalls of human existence … and the charms of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAspiring playwright Bror Telemann loves all things British. His wife, Nina, loves everything German. So a family holiday at the foot of the Alps, south of Munich — which Bror believes to be the birthplace of Nazism — is bound to cause tension. Especially when Bror spends the whole time virtually stalking (and constantly fantasizing about) his greatest obsession, British chef Nigella Lawson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan Telemann continue to bear the pressure of his empty existence? Or will his long-suffering family be the first to snap?\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eErlend Loe is the bestselling author of eight novels, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoppler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, which was named a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e Best Book. His work has been translated and published in thirty-four countries. He lives in Norway.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eDon Bartlett lives in Norfolk, U.K., and is the translator of, among others, Per Petterson and Jo Nesbø.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_2":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eDon Shaw lives in Denmark and is the compiler of Danish-Thai dictionaries. He has previously collaborated with Don Bartlett on translations of novels by Roy Jacobsen and Jakob Ejersbo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Translated by","ContributorRole_2":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Loe, Erlend","Contributor_1":"Bartlett, Don","Contributor_2":"Shaw, Don","Imprint":"Anansi International","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325037199419,"title":"Sandra Beck","handle":"sandra-beck","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo writer in Canada today is more in love with the English, and French, languages than John Lavery. That love is gloriously requited. In inventive, incantatory prose,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSandra Beck\u003c\/em\u003e, his long-awaited first novel, paints a very unusual portrait of a lady. This is a book about many things: the struggling antics of adolescence, the banal delusions of solitude, the city of Montreal. But it is, above all, a deeply moving tribute to a woman who is both present and absent on every page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho is Sandra Beck? She is a mother, a wife, a musician, a manager; but, too, she is the ghost in the seat behind us, always just outside the edges of easy description. Her story is told in the voices of others - namely, her daughter, the wordstruck and lovestruck Josee and her husband, the police chief and TV personality P. F. Bastarache. In a book that embraces paradox and defies the expected limits of what a novel can do, language is at once a gleeful celebration and a crutch, a trick. Despite their keen investigative powers, the \"testimony\" of Josee and her father is often untrustworthy, even contradictory: self-interest hobbles their understanding. Sandra herself becomes a crutch for them both - a crutch they must learn to live without.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:24:20-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:24:20-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":2295,"price_min":2295,"price_max":2295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41929793241147,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887842566","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sandra Beck","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2295,"weight":327,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887842566","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887842566.jpg?v=1736357001"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887842566.jpg?v=1736357001","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979628195899,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.664,"height":2377,"width":1579,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887842566.jpg?v=1736357001"},"aspect_ratio":0.664,"height":2377,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887842566.jpg?v=1736357001","width":1579}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eNo writer in Canada today is more in love with the English, and French, languages than John Lavery. That love is gloriously requited. In inventive, incantatory prose,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSandra Beck\u003c\/em\u003e, his long-awaited first novel, paints a very unusual portrait of a lady. This is a book about many things: the struggling antics of adolescence, the banal delusions of solitude, the city of Montreal. But it is, above all, a deeply moving tribute to a woman who is both present and absent on every page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho is Sandra Beck? She is a mother, a wife, a musician, a manager; but, too, she is the ghost in the seat behind us, always just outside the edges of easy description. Her story is told in the voices of others - namely, her daughter, the wordstruck and lovestruck Josee and her husband, the police chief and TV personality P. F. Bastarache. In a book that embraces paradox and defies the expected limits of what a novel can do, language is at once a gleeful celebration and a crutch, a trick. Despite their keen investigative powers, the \"testimony\" of Josee and her father is often untrustworthy, even contradictory: self-interest hobbles their understanding. Sandra herself becomes a crutch for them both - a crutch they must learn to live without.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eJohn Lavery (1949–2011) was the author of the novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandra Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, and two acclaimed story collections, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVery Good Butter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou, Kwaznievski, You Piss Me Off\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Lavery, John","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325036838971,"title":"The Full Ridiculous","handle":"the-full-ridiculous","description":"\u003cp\u003eA funny, compelling novel about love, family, and the precarious business of being a man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael O’Dell is hit by a car. When he doesn’t die, he is surprised and pleased. But he can’t seem to move from the crash position. In fact, the accident is just the first in a series of family crises: His wife Wendy is heroically supportive, but when his daughter Rosie punches out a vindictive schoolmate, all hell breaks loose. His son Declan is found with a stash of illicit drugs. A strange policeman starts harassing the family and ordinary mishaps take on a sinister desperation. To top it all off, Michael’s professional life starts to crumble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Lamprell’s extraordinary debut examines the terrible truth: sometimes you can’t pull yourself together until you’ve completely fallen apart.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:18:29-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:18:29-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41929791176763,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770894549","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Full Ridiculous","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1995,"weight":308,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770894549","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eA funny, compelling novel about love, family, and the precarious business of being a man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael O’Dell is hit by a car. When he doesn’t die, he is surprised and pleased. But he can’t seem to move from the crash position. In fact, the accident is just the first in a series of family crises: His wife Wendy is heroically supportive, but when his daughter Rosie punches out a vindictive schoolmate, all hell breaks loose. His son Declan is found with a stash of illicit drugs. A strange policeman starts harassing the family and ordinary mishaps take on a sinister desperation. To top it all off, Michael’s professional life starts to crumble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Lamprell’s extraordinary debut examines the terrible truth: sometimes you can’t pull yourself together until you’ve completely fallen apart.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003eMark Lamprell has worked in film and television for many years. He co-wrote the film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBabe: Pig in the City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e and wrote and directed the award-winning feature \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Mother Frank\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e. His most recent project is the movie musical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoddess\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e, which he co-wrote and directed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Full Ridiculous\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Lamprell, Mark","Imprint":"Anansi International","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325036544059,"title":"Day","handle":"day","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1939, Alfred Day had wanted war. And when he got it, he found purpose in its turmoil: he found his proper role as tail-gunner in a Lancaster bomber; he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew; and -- most extraordinary of all -- he found Joyce, a woman to love. But now, that's all gone: the war took it away. And maybe the war has taken him away, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore Hitler and the bombs, Alfred was a boy in Staffordshire, helpless to defend his mother and resist his abusive father. The RAF gave him order, skills, another family, a way to be a man. It taught him how to burn through lifetimes on night ops and brief, sweet leaves, surviving. But it didn't prepare him for capture, for prison camp and chaos as the war wound down. And it certainly didn't prepare him for an empty peace. So, in 1949, Alfred winds back time to see where he lost himself as an extra in a POW film -- and begins to do what he's never dared -- to remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDay\u003c\/em\u003e, A. L. Kennedy has crafted a superb novel about the brutal simplicities of war and the complexities of human emotion. Above all,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis wonderful storytelling: the freight of history and humanity carried effortlessly by the beauty of the writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:12:54-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:12:54-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41929788358715,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887848087","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Day","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1895,"weight":363,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887848087","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848087.jpg?v=1736356310"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848087.jpg?v=1736356310","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979625279547,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.63,"height":613,"width":386,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848087.jpg?v=1736356310"},"aspect_ratio":0.63,"height":613,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887848087.jpg?v=1736356310","width":386}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1939, Alfred Day had wanted war. And when he got it, he found purpose in its turmoil: he found his proper role as tail-gunner in a Lancaster bomber; he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew; and -- most extraordinary of all -- he found Joyce, a woman to love. But now, that's all gone: the war took it away. And maybe the war has taken him away, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore Hitler and the bombs, Alfred was a boy in Staffordshire, helpless to defend his mother and resist his abusive father. The RAF gave him order, skills, another family, a way to be a man. It taught him how to burn through lifetimes on night ops and brief, sweet leaves, surviving. But it didn't prepare him for capture, for prison camp and chaos as the war wound down. And it certainly didn't prepare him for an empty peace. So, in 1949, Alfred winds back time to see where he lost himself as an extra in a POW film -- and begins to do what he's never dared -- to remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDay\u003c\/em\u003e, A. L. Kennedy has crafted a superb novel about the brutal simplicities of war and the complexities of human emotion. Above all,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis wonderful storytelling: the freight of history and humanity carried effortlessly by the beauty of the writing.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325034020923,"title":"The Other Joseph","handle":"the-other-joseph","description":"\u003cp\u003eA masterful depiction of a life driven off the rails by tragedy and sin — a man now summoned by the legacy of a beloved, lost brother to embark on a journey in search toward understanding, happiness, and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaunted by the disappearance of his older brother Tommy in the first Gulf War, the tragic deaths of his parents, and the felony conviction that has branded him for a decade, Roy Joseph has labored in lonesome exile — and under the ever-watchful eyes of the law—moving between oil rigs off the coast of Louisiana and an Airstream trailer he shares with his dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, on the cusp of his thirtieth birthday, Roy is contacted by a teenage girl from California claiming to be his lost brother’s biological daughter. Yearning for connection and the prospect of family, Roy embarks on a journey across America, visiting childhood haunts in the South to confront his troubled memories and history, and making a stop in Nevada to call on a retired Navy SEAL who may hold the answer to Tommy’s fate. The ultimate destination is San Francisco, where a potential Russian bride and his long-lost niece await, and Roy may finally recover the Joseph line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eThe Other Joseph\u003c\/em\u003e, Skip Horack delivers a powerful, spellbinding tale of a man nearly defeated by life who is given one last chance at redemption — one last shot to find meaning and alter the course of his solitary existence.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:07:19-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:07:19-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41929783967803,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770894259","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Other Joseph","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1995,"weight":322,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770894259","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894259.jpg?v=1736355983"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894259.jpg?v=1736355983","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979609223227,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":675,"width":450,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894259.jpg?v=1736355983"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":675,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894259.jpg?v=1736355983","width":450}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eA masterful depiction of a life driven off the rails by tragedy and sin — a man now summoned by the legacy of a beloved, lost brother to embark on a journey in search toward understanding, happiness, and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaunted by the disappearance of his older brother Tommy in the first Gulf War, the tragic deaths of his parents, and the felony conviction that has branded him for a decade, Roy Joseph has labored in lonesome exile — and under the ever-watchful eyes of the law—moving between oil rigs off the coast of Louisiana and an Airstream trailer he shares with his dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, on the cusp of his thirtieth birthday, Roy is contacted by a teenage girl from California claiming to be his lost brother’s biological daughter. Yearning for connection and the prospect of family, Roy embarks on a journey across America, visiting childhood haunts in the South to confront his troubled memories and history, and making a stop in Nevada to call on a retired Navy SEAL who may hold the answer to Tommy’s fate. The ultimate destination is San Francisco, where a potential Russian bride and his long-lost niece await, and Roy may finally recover the Joseph line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eThe Other Joseph\u003c\/em\u003e, Skip Horack delivers a powerful, spellbinding tale of a man nearly defeated by life who is given one last chance at redemption — one last shot to find meaning and alter the course of his solitary existence.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325032054843,"title":"Returning to Earth","handle":"returning-to-earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eLiterary giant Jim Harrison's masterpiece novel is a deeply moving story about origins and endings, how to make sense of loss, and how to live with honour for the dead. It is one of the finest novels of Harrison's long, storied career, and confirms his standing as one of the most important writers now working in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald is a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man, the father of two grown children and married to a white woman, Cynthia, who long ago renounced the wealth she was raised with. As\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eReturning to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eopens, Donald is slowly dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. As his condition worsens he realizes that when he dies, there will be no one left to pass on to his children their family history. He begins dictating to Cynthia stories he has never shared with anyone. Around him, his family struggles with allowing Donald to die with the same dignity with which he always lived.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T11:58:53-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T11:58:53-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1795,"price_min":1795,"price_max":1795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41929780068411,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887847868","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Returning to Earth","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1795,"weight":363,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887847868","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847868.jpg?v=1736355465"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847868.jpg?v=1736355465","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979607224379,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":594,"width":396,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847868.jpg?v=1736355465"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":594,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887847868.jpg?v=1736355465","width":396}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eLiterary giant Jim Harrison's masterpiece novel is a deeply moving story about origins and endings, how to make sense of loss, and how to live with honour for the dead. It is one of the finest novels of Harrison's long, storied career, and confirms his standing as one of the most important writers now working in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald is a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man, the father of two grown children and married to a white woman, Cynthia, who long ago renounced the wealth she was raised with. As\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eReturning to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eopens, Donald is slowly dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. As his condition worsens he realizes that when he dies, there will be no one left to pass on to his children their family history. He begins dictating to Cynthia stories he has never shared with anyone. Around him, his family struggles with allowing Donald to die with the same dignity with which he always lived.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325031759931,"title":"The Great Leader","handle":"the-great-leader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLiterary legend Jim Harrison gives us a brilliant new work that finds him writing at the height of his powers, and in fresh and audacious new directions. The Great Leader is the story of Detective Sunderson, a northern Michigan police detective who has recently retired and has one case he can’t quite shake -- the investigation of a cult leader whom he eventually pursues to Arizona and further afield. Harrison gives readers a unique take on the culture of “Yoopers” (what folks from the rest of Michigan and the Midwest call people from the Upper Peninsula) and cops, in a novel that is wonderfully clever, powerful, and slyly redemptive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T11:53:49-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T11:53:49-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":2295,"price_min":2295,"price_max":2295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41929778888763,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770890367","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Great Leader","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2295,"weight":408,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770890367","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770890367.jpg?v=1736355141"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770890367.jpg?v=1736355141","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979605782587,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2475,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770890367.jpg?v=1736355141"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2475,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770890367.jpg?v=1736355141","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLiterary legend Jim Harrison gives us a brilliant new work that finds him writing at the height of his powers, and in fresh and audacious new directions. The Great Leader is the story of Detective Sunderson, a northern Michigan police detective who has recently retired and has one case he can’t quite shake -- the investigation of a cult leader whom he eventually pursues to Arizona and further afield. Harrison gives readers a unique take on the culture of “Yoopers” (what folks from the rest of Michigan and the Midwest call people from the Upper Peninsula) and cops, in a novel that is wonderfully clever, powerful, and slyly redemptive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325031333947,"title":"One Night, Markovitch","handle":"one-night-markovitch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaptain Corelli’s Mandolin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emeets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Marrying of Chani Kaufman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein this cinematic novel about the birth of Israel and the true story of the marriages of convenience that were arranged to smuggle Jewish women out of Nazi-occupied Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of World War II, a ship bearing twenty young men sets sail from the Palestine Territory toward Europe. Eagerly awaiting them on the other side are twenty young women, whom the men have never met. They have been set up in arranged marriages to enable Jewish women to escape Nazi Germany and enter Palestine without being turned back by the British.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut when Yaacov Markovitch, a thoroughly unremarkable man, finds himself married to Bella Zeigerman, the most beautiful woman he has ever set eyes upon, things start to get complicated. Yaacov’s fake marriage is the beginning of a lifelong obsession, as he vows to make his beautiful bride, Bella, love him, despite her determination to break free. Their changing fortunes take them through war, upheaval, terrible secrets, tragedy, joy, and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVital, funny, and tender,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne Night, Markovitch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrilliantly fuses personal lives and epic history in an unforgettable story of endless, hopeless longing and the desperate search for love.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T11:44:57-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T11:44:57-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":2295,"price_min":2295,"price_max":2295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41929777512507,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770899766","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"One Night, Markovitch","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2295,"weight":544,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770899766","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770899766.jpg?v=1736354610"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770899766.jpg?v=1736354610","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979603652667,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770899766.jpg?v=1736354610"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770899766.jpg?v=1736354610","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaptain Corelli’s Mandolin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emeets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Marrying of Chani Kaufman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein this cinematic novel about the birth of Israel and the true story of the marriages of convenience that were arranged to smuggle Jewish women out of Nazi-occupied Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of World War II, a ship bearing twenty young men sets sail from the Palestine Territory toward Europe. Eagerly awaiting them on the other side are twenty young women, whom the men have never met. They have been set up in arranged marriages to enable Jewish women to escape Nazi Germany and enter Palestine without being turned back by the British.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut when Yaacov Markovitch, a thoroughly unremarkable man, finds himself married to Bella Zeigerman, the most beautiful woman he has ever set eyes upon, things start to get complicated. Yaacov’s fake marriage is the beginning of a lifelong obsession, as he vows to make his beautiful bride, Bella, love him, despite her determination to break free. Their changing fortunes take them through war, upheaval, terrible secrets, tragedy, joy, and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVital, funny, and tender,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne Night, Markovitch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrilliantly fuses personal lives and epic history in an unforgettable story of endless, hopeless longing and the desperate search for love.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eAYELET GUNDAR-GOSHEN was born in Israel in 1982. She has written or co-written a number of screenplays and TV series and has produced short films that have been selected for film festivals in Israel and around the world. She has won the Gottlieb Prize for Young Screenwriters, and the Berlin Today Award for her short film\u0026nbsp;Batman at the Checkpoint. One Night, Markovitch, her first novel, won the Sapir Prize for Debut Fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSONDRA SILVERSTON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e is an acclaimed American translator who has lived in Israel since 1970. She has translated work by Amos Oz,\u0026nbsp;Etgar Keret, Savyon Liebrecht, and Aharon Megged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Gundar-Goshen, Ayelet","Contributor_1":"Silverston, Sondra","Imprint":"Anansi International","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325031039035,"title":"Sex and Death","handle":"sex-and-death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA provocative and haunting collection of short stories that probe two of the most powerful forces shaping the human experience.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe drive for life — for survival and reproduction — and the drive for death — for violence and self-destruction — are the two dominant, instinctive urges of human behaviour. These conflicting compulsions, characterized by Freud as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEros\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThanatos\u003c\/i\u003e, are also the central themes of great literature. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSex and Death\u003c\/i\u003e, some of today’s most compelling writers from around the globe — Kevin Barry, Lynn Coady, Robert Drewe, Ceridwen Dovey, Damon Galgut, Petina Gappah, Sarah Hall, Peter Hobbs, Yiyun Li, Alexander MacLeod, Ben Marcus, Jon McGregor, Guadalupe Nettel, Courttia Newland, Taiye Selassie, Ali Smith, Wells Tower, Alan Warner, Claire Vaye Watkins, Clare Wigfall — explore these challenging themes with honesty, psychological acuity, brutality, tenderness, and empathy, in stories that are illuminating, disquieting, funny, and utterly dazzling.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T11:37:04-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T11:37:04-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41929763618875,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770898837","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sex and Death","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1995,"weight":400,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770898837","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770898837.jpg?v=1736354164"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770898837.jpg?v=1736354164","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979600441403,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770898837.jpg?v=1736354164"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770898837.jpg?v=1736354164","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA provocative and haunting collection of short stories that probe two of the most powerful forces shaping the human experience.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe drive for life — for survival and reproduction — and the drive for death — for violence and self-destruction — are the two dominant, instinctive urges of human behaviour. These conflicting compulsions, characterized by Freud as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEros\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThanatos\u003c\/i\u003e, are also the central themes of great literature. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSex and Death\u003c\/i\u003e, some of today’s most compelling writers from around the globe — Kevin Barry, Lynn Coady, Robert Drewe, Ceridwen Dovey, Damon Galgut, Petina Gappah, Sarah Hall, Peter Hobbs, Yiyun Li, Alexander MacLeod, Ben Marcus, Jon McGregor, Guadalupe Nettel, Courttia Newland, Taiye Selassie, Ali Smith, Wells Tower, Alan Warner, Claire Vaye Watkins, Clare Wigfall — explore these challenging themes with honesty, psychological acuity, brutality, tenderness, and empathy, in stories that are illuminating, disquieting, funny, and utterly dazzling.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSARAH HALL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e is the author of the novels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaweswater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Electric Michelangelo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaughters of the North\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow To Paint A Dead Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wolf Border\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. She has won the Commonwealth Writers Prize, a Betty Trask Award, a Lakeland Book of the Year prize, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the James Tiptree Jr. Award and the Portico Prize for Fiction, and her novels have been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and Arthur C. Clarke Award, and longlisted for the Orange Prize and the Dublin IMPAC Award. Her first collection of short stories, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Indifference\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, won the Portico Prize for Fiction 2012 and the Edge Hill short story prize, and was also short-listed for the Frank O’Connor Prize. She lives in Norwich, UK.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ePeter Hobbs' debut novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Short Day Dying\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and won a Betty Trask Prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"Edited by","ContributorRole_1":"Edited by","Contributor_0":"Hall, Sarah","Contributor_1":"Hobbs, Peter","Imprint":"Anansi International","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325030383675,"title":"Sleepless Night","handle":"sleepless-night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this short, beautifully written novel, the grande dame of Dutch literature recounts a story of romance and death while performing a midnight baking ritual.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woman gets up in the middle of a wintry night and starts baking a Bundt cake while her lover sleeps upstairs. When it’s time for her to take the cake out of the oven, we have consumed a story of romance and death. The narrator was widowed years before and is trying to find new passion. But the memory of her deceased husband and a shameful incident holds her in its grasp. Why did he do it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMargriet de Moor tells a gripping love story about endings and demise, rage and jealousy, knowledge and ambiguity — and the possibility of new beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T11:28:02-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T11:28:02-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41929744711739,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781487005283","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sleepless Night","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1995,"weight":140,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781487005283","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487005283.jpg?v=1736353572"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487005283.jpg?v=1736353572","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"A wood table sits in front of a black background. On the table is a cake with a bundt shape. It has a golden-brown exterior and the top and sides are heavily dusted with powdered sugar. Text: Sleepless Night. Margriet De Moor. “Subtle, enigmatic, and beautiful.” – Claire Fuller, Author of Swimming Lessons and Bitter Orange.","id":24979595132987,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487005283.jpg?v=1736353572"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487005283.jpg?v=1736353572","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this short, beautifully written novel, the grande dame of Dutch literature recounts a story of romance and death while performing a midnight baking ritual.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woman gets up in the middle of a wintry night and starts baking a Bundt cake while her lover sleeps upstairs. When it’s time for her to take the cake out of the oven, we have consumed a story of romance and death. The narrator was widowed years before and is trying to find new passion. But the memory of her deceased husband and a shameful incident holds her in its grasp. Why did he do it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMargriet de Moor tells a gripping love story about endings and demise, rage and jealousy, knowledge and ambiguity — and the possibility of new beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eBorn in the Netherlands in 1941, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARGRIET DE MOOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e had a career as a classical singer before becoming an author with the Gouden Ezelsoor–winning short story collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeen from Behind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. She won the AKO Literature Prize for her first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst Gray, Then White, Then Blue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. Her novels have been translated into twenty-four languages. De Moor lives in the Netherlands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"de Moor, Margriet","Contributor_1":"Doherty, David","Imprint":"Anansi International","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
