{"product_id":"peace-paperback-4","title":"Peace - 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\u003eRichard Bausch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \"small masterpiece with the same emotional force and moral complexity as Conrad's \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e and Tolstoy's \u003ci\u003eHadji Murad\u003c\/i\u003e\" (Colm Tóibín) \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003einspired the film \u003ci\u003eRecon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eItaly, near Cassino, in the terrible winter of 1944. An icy rain, continuing unabated for days. Guided by a seventy-year-old Italian man in rope-soled shoes, three American soldiers are sent on a reconnaissance mission up the side of a steep hill that they discover, before very long, to be a mountain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs they climb, the old man's indeterminate loyalties only add to the terror and confusion that engulf them. \u003ci\u003ePeace \u003c\/i\u003eis a feat of storytelling from one of America's most acclaimed novelists: a powerful look at the corrosiveness of violence, the human cost of war, and the redemptive power of mercy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Richard Bausch's eleventh novel. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications and has been featured in numerous best-of collections, including \u003cb\u003eThe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eO. Henry Awards' Best American Short Stories, \u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eNew Stories from the South\u003c\/b\u003e. He is chancellor of the Fellowship of Southern Writers and lives in Memphis, Tennessee, where he is Moss Chair of Excellence in the Writer's Workshop of the University of Memphis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 7.98 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dayton Literary Peace Prize (2009)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267015852281,"sku":"9780307388582","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/FL2crpvzRR9780307388582_bb0897b4-d58f-4323-afa4-6e1a07f65404.webp?v=1768857873","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/peace-paperback-4","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}