{"product_id":"first-blood-book-amlie-nothomb-9781609458447","title":"First Blood","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2021 RENAUDOT PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e WINNER OF THE 2022 STREGA EUROPEAN PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e A WORLD LITERATURE TODAY NOTABLE BOOK 2023\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA moving fictionalized account of Nothomb's own father, who died of Covid related symptoms in early 2020, this is the acclaimed author's most personal and heartfelt novel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Republic of the Congo, 1964. A young man faces a firing squad, preparing for his last moment on Earth. He is known as a complex and complicated man whose childhood left him hungry for affection and attention and who transformed his emotional wounds into a brilliant career as a diplomat and a negotiator. Now he finds himself negotiating for his own life, together with the lives of 1,500 Congolese citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInspired by the life of her father and by her lifelong effort to understand him, Amélie Nothomb's new novel is about life-and-death decisions, about reckoning with one's past, reconciling with one's parents, and about the hard, often humorous work of determining one's own path.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50384296247569,"sku":"CIN1609458443VG","price":6.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51039569117457,"sku":"NIN9781609458447","price":17.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51407119155473,"sku":"CIN1609458443G","price":5.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1609458443.jpg?v=1750719969","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/first-blood-book-amlie-nothomb-9781609458447","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}