{"product_id":"world-of-the-end-paperback","title":"World of the End - 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\u003eOfir Touché Gafla\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe American debut of a bestselling Israeli novel about a man who crosses into another world for the sake of love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs an epilogist, Ben Mendelssohn appreciates an unexpected ending. But when that denouement is the untimely demise of his beloved wife, Ben is incapable of coping. Marian was more than his life partner; she was the fiber that held together all that he is. And Ben is willing to do anything, even enter the unknown beyond, if it means a chance to be with her again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne bullet to the brain later, Ben is in the Other World, where he discovers a vast and curiously secular existence utterly unlike anything he could have imagined: a realm of sprawling cities where the deceased of every age live an eternal second life, and where forests of family trees are tended by mysterious humans who never lived in the previous world. But Ben cannot find Marian. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDesperate for a reunion, he enlists an unconventional afterlife investigator to track her down, little knowing that his search is entangled in events that continue to unfold in the world of the living. In Ofir Touché Gafla's \u003ci\u003eThe World of the End\u003c\/i\u003e, the search will confront Ben with one heart-rending shock after another; with the best and worst of human nature; with the resilience and fragility of love; and with truths that will haunt him through eternity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOfir Touché Gafla is a national bestselling author in his native Israel. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe World of the End, \u003c\/i\u003e won the 2005 Geffen Award for the best fantasy\/science fiction novel of the year and the 2006 Kugel Award for Hebrew literature. His later novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Cataract in the Mind's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eBehind the Fog\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Day the Music Died\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Disorder\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches creative writing in the Sam Spiegel School of TV and Cinema in Jerusalem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 24, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52521795977523,"sku":"9780765333575","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Z0pHUnh4R2F3OGNENTUwZVRqcjJxZz09.webp?v=1760536442","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/world-of-the-end-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}