{"product_id":"the-messengers-paperback-1","title":"The Messengers - 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\u003eGeorges-Olivier Chateaureynaud\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEdward Gauvin\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Kafkaesque odyssey across a dreamlike, universal landscape\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unnamed adolescent drifter wanders through an unnamed country at an unspecified point in time in search of warmth and comfort. He finds it at a farm engaged in festivities but is immediately forced to flee the next morning after coveting the mysterious lady of the estate. Now a fugitive, the vagabond encounters and joins with another, a wry middle-aged man tasked with delivering a message sealed in a tube. The two pursue a dreamlike chain of clues and horror in their mission, encountering--as well as perpetrating--crime and cruelty, until the boy's former aimlessness develops into an unexpected destiny. An at times unsettling narrative of initiation, the torments of desire and the death of youth, \u003ci\u003eThe Messengers\u003c\/i\u003e is an oneiric exploration of a realm that embodies the parables of Kafka and the atmosphere of Alain-Fournier. This novella was the winner of the Prix des Nouvelles litt?raires when it was first published in French in 1974.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorges-Olivier Ch?teaureynaud\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1947) is a French novelist and short-story author. He has been the recipient of the Prix Renaudot, Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle, Prix Giono, Prix Val?ry Larbaud and the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47261443522809,"sku":"9781939663993","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/mTQN0h1jGr9781939663993_475186a6-a252-4ee2-a2d7-87c67add36f7.webp?v=1768797609","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-messengers-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}