{"product_id":"j-paperback","title":"J - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoward Jacobson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJ\u003c\/i\u003e is a snarling, effervescent, and ambitious philosophical work of fiction that poses unsettling questions about our sense of history, and our self-satisfied orthodoxies. Jacobson's triumph is to craft a novel that is poignant as well as troubling from the debris.\" --\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e (UK) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Man Booker Prize-winner Howard Jacobson's brilliant and profound new novel, \u003ci\u003eJ\u003c\/i\u003e, \"invites comparison with George Orwell's \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e and Aldous Huxley's \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, London). Set in a world where collective memory has vanished and the past is a dangerous country, not to be talked about or visited, \u003ci\u003eJ\u003c\/i\u003e is a boldly inventive love story, both tender and terrifying.\u003cbr\u003e Kevern Cohen doesn't know why his father always drew two fingers across his lips when he said a word starting with a J. It wasn't then, and isn't now, the time or place to be asking questions. When the extravagantly beautiful Ailinn Solomons arrives in his village by a sea that laps no other shore, Kevern is instantly drawn to her. Although mistrustful by nature, the two become linked as if they were meant for each other. Together, they form a refuge from the commonplace brutality that is the legacy of a historic catastrophe shrouded in suspicion, denial, and apology, simply referred to as WHAT HAPPENED, IF IT HAPPENED. To Ailinn's guardian, Esme Nussbaum, Ailinn and Kevern are fragile shoots of hopefulness. As this unusual pair's actions draw them into ever-increasing danger, Esme is determined to keep them together--whatever the cost.\u003cbr\u003e In this stunning, evocative, and terribly heartbreaking work, where one couple's love affair could have shattering consequences for the human race, Howard Jacobson gathers his prodigious gifts for the crowning achievement of a remarkable career.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn author of fiction and non-fiction, Jacobson's previous novels include Man Booker-winner \u003ci\u003eThe Finkler Question\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZoo Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKalooki Nights\u003c\/i\u003e. Hogarth will also publish his forthcoming retelling of \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e as part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series. Jacobson is a columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e and has worked as a professor and in television and radio broadcasting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48366833762553,"sku":"9780553419566","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/wERFwPbJdk9780553419566.webp?v=1778166431","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/j-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}