{"product_id":"the-smell-of-apples-paperback","title":"The Smell of Apples - 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\u003eMark Behr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction from the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the M-Net Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of The Eugene Marais Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the CNA Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Betty Trask Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Booker Prize Nominee\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the bitter twilight of apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s, \u003ci\u003eThe Smell of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eApples\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting story narrated by eleven-year-old Marnus Erasmus, who records the social turmoil and racial oppression that are destroying his own land. Using his family as a microcosm of the corroding society at large, Marnus tells a troubling tale of a childhood corrupted, of unexpected sexual defilements, and of an innocence gone astray.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Behr \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Tanzania in 1963, and moved as a child to South Africa. He was educated in South Africa, Norway, and the United States. \u003ci\u003eThe Smell of Apples\u003c\/i\u003e won South Africa's biggest literary prize, the M-Net Award, The Eugene Marais Award, and the CNA Debut Literary Award. It also received the Betty Trask Award for the best first novel published in the United Kingdom, and was shortlisted for both the Steinbeck and Guardian Literary Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52519462011187,"sku":"9780312152093","price":27.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/K3pkemVVc2wzRC9GN0E5SEYwNFcydz09.webp?v=1760500393","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-smell-of-apples-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}