{"product_id":"zone-paperback","title":"Zone - 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\u003eMathias Énard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Mandell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eBrian Evenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel of the decade, if not of the century.--Christophe Claro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Servain Mirkovic, a French-born Croat who has been working for the French Intelligence Services for fifteen years, is traveling by train from Milan to Rome. He's carrying a briefcase whose contents he's selling to a representative from the Vatican; the briefcase contains a wealth of information about the violent history of the Zone--the lands of the Mediterranean basin, Spain, Algeria, Lebanon, Italy, that have become Mirkovic's specialty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of a single night, Mirkovic visits the sites of these tragedies in his memory and recalls the damage that his own participation in that violence--as a soldier fighting for Croatia during the Balkan Wars--has wreaked in his own life. Mirkovic hopes that this night will be his last in the Zone, that this journey will expiate his sins, and that he can disappear with Sashka, the only woman he hasn't abandoned, forever . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the truly original books of the decade--and written as a single, hypnotic, propulsive, physically irresistible sentence--Mathias  nard's \u003ci\u003eZone\u003c\/i\u003e provides an extraordinary and panoramic view of the turmoil that has long deviled the shores of the Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMathias  nard\u003c\/b\u003e has won numerous prizes for his works, including the the Prix du Livre Inter and the Prix D cembre for his novel \u003ci\u003eZone\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently a professor of Arabic at the University of Barcelona. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Mandell\u003c\/b\u003e has translated works from a number of important French authors, including Proust, Flaubert, Genet, Maupassant, and Blanchot, among others. She received a Literary Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for her translation of Enard's \u003ci\u003eZone.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Evenson\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator from French and the author of ten books of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Open Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for an Edgar Award and an IHG Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMathias Énard\u003c\/b\u003e has won numerous prizes for his works, including the the Prix du Livre Inter and the Prix Décembre for his novel \u003ci\u003eZone\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently a professor of Arabic at the University of Barcelona. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Mandell\u003c\/b\u003e has translated works from a number of important French authors, including Proust, Flaubert, Genet, Maupassant, and Blanchot, among others. She received a Literary Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for her translation of Enard's \u003ci\u003eZone.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Evenson\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator from French and the author of ten books of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Open Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for an Edgar Award and an IHG Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 517\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 8.58 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47248720068857,"sku":"9781934824269","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Mm5jNUJGZE9LYmYvTC9zRVU1L1BwZz09.webp?v=1768640876","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/zone-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}