{"product_id":"a-room-paperback","title":"A Room - 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\u003eYouval Shimoni\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Sharp\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA monumental, subversive classic of twentieth-century literature jailed upon its publication as one of the finest novels ever written in Hebrew, \u003ci\u003eA Room\u003c\/i\u003e is in the league of \u003ci\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Recognitions\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bedraggled detective is dispatched to an IDF base where a man was burned alive while making a training film. An art student in Paris breaks into a morgue to recreate Mantegna's Lamentation of Christ. A scripture (with commentary!) tells of a mythical nation uniting to construct a monument to their deity, then falling into chaos when no one can agree on its precise form or dimensions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYouval Shimoni\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Jerusalem in 1955. He studied cinema at Tel Aviv University and first began publishing fiction in 1990. Shimoni is a senior editor at Am Oved publishers; he also teaches creative writing at Tel Aviv and Haifa Universities. He has been awarded the Bernstein Prize (2001) and the Prime Minister's Prize (2005)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in South Africa, \u003cb\u003e Michael Sharp\u003c\/b\u003e currently lives in Israel where he produces radio programs for Israel Radio. \u003ci\u003eA Room\u003c\/i\u003e is his first translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 656\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43779721429055,"sku":"9781628971330","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/samiestore.shop\/products\/a-room-paperback","provider":"Samie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}