{"product_id":"we-and-me-paperback-1","title":"We and Me - 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\u003eSaskia de Coster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNancy Forest-Flier\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Saskia de Coster's \u003ci\u003eWe and Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a great dark beauty, and simultaneously, a true original and a reminder of why that endangered species, the novel, remains essential: no other narrative form is so expansive, so complex, so human, and so true.\" --Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWe and Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that will haunt me for a long time. Excellent and unforgettable.\" --Herman Koch, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this spellbinding novel, which has been compared to the work of Jonathan Franzen, Dave Eggers, and Jeffrey Eugenides, Saskia de Coster provides a uniquely European take on the tradition of \"The Great American Novel.\" With the family unit and some of life's most pressing questions at its center, the award-winning \u003ci\u003eWe and Me\u003c\/i\u003e paints a captivatingly haunting picture of bourgeois family life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten from several different perspectives, \u003ci\u003eWe and Me\u003c\/i\u003e covers the time period between 1980 and 2013 and focuses on the aristocratic Vandersanden family. Set in their opulent private estate located atop a mountain, neuroses, claustrophobia, scandal and rebellion run rife. At the heart of the family and the novel is Sarah, whose coming of age is both daringly and sensitively explored in de Coster's skillful prose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith her characteristically incisive approach, de Coster excavates the nuanced underbelly of human emotions with humor, understanding, and a lightness of touch. \u003ci\u003eWe and Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable and compelling tale by one of the greatest Belgian writers of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSASKIA DE COSTER\u003c\/b\u003e is a Belgian artist, playwright, and author. \u003ci\u003eWe and Me\u003c\/i\u003e won the Cutting Edge Award and the Opzij Literature Prize and has been nominated for several other prestigious prizes. Her work has been translated into ten languages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNANCY FOREST-FLIER\u003c\/b\u003e is a New Jersey-born translator who moved to Europe in 1982 and has worked in the Netherlands since 1988. She lives in Alkmaar. Her literary translations include \u003ci\u003eThe King\u003c\/i\u003e by Kader Abdolah, \u003ci\u003eDissident for Life\u003c\/i\u003e by Koenraad de Wolf, \u003ci\u003eGliding Flight\u003c\/i\u003e by Anne-Gine Goemans, \u003ci\u003eWe and Me\u003c\/i\u003e by Saskia de Coster, \u003ci\u003eMr. Miller\u003c\/i\u003e by Charles den Tex, \u003ci\u003eDeparture Time\u003c\/i\u003e by Truus Matti, \u003ci\u003eHex\u003c\/i\u003e by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, and \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Shit\u003c\/i\u003e by Midas Dekkers. Nancy also translates children's literature and has translated for numerous Dutch museums and institutes, including The Anne Frank House and the Kröller-Müller Museum (home to the world's second largest Van Gogh collection).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247939043577,"sku":"9781642860047","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SFJCRFk5bElDbmR0eG1Jc3lLL1Q1QT09_919babf3-44a2-4c00-8949-735b679a0a52.webp?v=1768630859","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/we-and-me-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}