{"product_id":"ransom-david-malouf-paperback","title":"Ransom -- David Malouf, Paperback","description":"In his first novel in more than a decade, award-winning author David Malouf reimagines the pivotal narrative of Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e--one of the most famous passages in all of literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of the relationship between two grieving men at war: fierce Achilles, who has lost his beloved Patroclus in the siege of Troy; and woeful Priam, whose son Hector killed Patroclus and was in turn savaged by Achilles. A moving tale of suffering, sorrow, and redemption, \u003ci\u003eRansom \u003c\/i\u003eis incandescent in its delicate and powerful lyricism and its unstated imperative that we imagine our lives in the glow of fellow feeling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Malouf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.31w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307475244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/06\/2011 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Malouf\u003c\/b\u003e--winner of the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Prix Femina Étranger and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award--is the author of, among other works, \u003ci\u003eRemembering Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e An Imaginary Life \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Conversations at Curlow Creek\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Malouf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67676268921060,"sku":"9780307475244","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780307475244.jpg?v=1792482718","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/ransom-david-malouf-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}