{"product_id":"books-a-soldier-of-the-great-war-by-mark-helprin","title":"A Soldier of the Great War","description":"From acclaimed, award-winning novelist Mark Helprin, a lush and literary epic about love, beauty, and the world at war.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alessandro Giuliani, the young son of a prosperous Roman lawyer, enjoys an idyllic life full of privilege: he races horses across the country to the sea, he climbs mountains in the Alps, and, while a student of painting at the ancient university in Bologna, he falls in love.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Then, the Great War intervenes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Half a century later, in August of 1964, Alessandro, a white-haired professor, tall and proud, meets an illiterate young factory worker on the road. As they walk toward Monte Prato, a village seventy kilometers away, the old man--a soldier and a hero who became a prisoner and then a deserter, wandering in the hell that claimed Europe--tells him how he tragically lost one family and gained another. The boy, envying the richness and drama of Alessandro's experiences, realizes that this magnificent tale is not merely a story: it's a recapitulation of his life, his reckoning with mortality, and above all, a love song for his family.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53767351959825,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780156031134.jpg?v=1783935717","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-a-soldier-of-the-great-war-by-mark-helprin","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}