{"product_id":"war-and-turpentine-book-stefan-hertmans-9781101872116","title":"War and Turpentine","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the International Man Booker Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Best Book of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEconomist \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLonglisted for the Best Translated Book Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story of Urbain Martien lies con­tained in two notebooks he left behind when he died. In \u003ci\u003eWar and Turpentine, \u003c\/i\u003ehis grandson, a writer, retells his grandfather's story, the notebooks providing a key to the locked chambers of Urbain's memory. \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut who is he, really? There is Urbain the child of a lowly church painter; Urbain the young man, who narrowly escapes death in an iron foundry; Urbain the soldier; and Urbain the man, married to his true love's sister, haunted by the war and his interrupted dreams of life as an artist. Wrestling with this tale, the grandson straddles past and present, searching for a way to understand his own part in both. As artfully rendered as a Renais­sance fresco, \u003ci\u003eWar and Turpentine \u003c\/i\u003epaints an ex­traordinary portrait of a man, re­vealing how a single life can echo through the ages.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49636801282321,"sku":"GOR013127304","price":7.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50370565505297,"sku":"CIN110187211XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52746535534865,"sku":"NIN9781101872116","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/110187211X.jpg?v=1750888228","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/products\/war-and-turpentine-buch-stefan-hertmans-9781101872116","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}