{"product_id":"memento-park-paperback","title":"Memento Park - 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\u003eMark Sarvas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 Association of Jewish Libraries Jewish Fiction Award, short-listed for the 2019 JQ Wingate Literary Prize, and a Finalist for the 2019 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's 20 Books to Read in March and one of \u003ci\u003eTimeOut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003es 11 Books You\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ell Want to Binge-Read This Month\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA son learns more about his father than he ever could have imagined when a mysterious piece of art is unexpectedly restored to him\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter receiving an unexpected call from the Australian consulate, Matt Santos becomes aware of a painting that he believes was looted from his family in Hungary during the Second World War. To recover the painting, he must repair his strained relationship with his harshly judgmental father, uncover his family history, and restore his connection to his own Judaism. Along the way to illuminating the mysteries of his past, Matt is torn between his doting girlfriend, Tracy, and his alluring attorney, Rachel, with whom he travels to Budapest to unearth the truth about the painting and, in turn, his family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs his journey progresses, Matt's revelations are accompanied by equally consuming and imaginative meditations on the painting and the painter at the center of his personal drama, \u003ci\u003eBudapest Street Scene\u003c\/i\u003e by Ervin K lm n. By the time \u003ci\u003eMemento Park \u003c\/i\u003ereaches its conclusion, Matt's narrative is as much about family history and father-son dynamics as it is about the nature of art itself, and the infinite ways we come to understand ourselves through it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf all the questions asked by Mark Sarvas's \u003ci\u003eMemento Park\u003c\/i\u003e--about family and identity, about art and history--a central, unanswerable predicament lingers: How do we move forward when the past looms unreasonably large?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Sarvas \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eHarry, Revised\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published in more than a dozen countries around the world. His book reviews and criticism have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, The Threepenny Review, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, PEN\/America, and PEN Center USA, and teaches novel writing at the UCLA Extension Writers Program. A reformed blogger, he lives in Santa Monica, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47261668507897,"sku":"9781250310354","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/KLnM4dp5d29781250310354.webp?v=1768802620","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/memento-park-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}