{"product_id":"war-and-turpentine-paperback","title":"War and Turpentine - 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\u003eStefan Hertmans\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid McKay\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the International Man Booker Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEFAN HERTMANS\u003c\/b\u003e is an internationally acclaimed Flemish author. For more than twenty years he was a professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, where he wrote novels, poems, essays, and plays. \u003ci\u003eWar and Turpentine \u003c\/i\u003ewas awarded the prestigious AKO Literature Prize in 2014. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated from the Dutch by David McKay.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52580673618227,"sku":"9781101872116","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WwfRp_us9y9781101872116.webp?v=1761526373","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/war-and-turpentine-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}