{"product_id":"ransom-paperback","title":"Ransom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Malouf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.98 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762655166752,"sku":"9780307475244","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/337d3b2d0e5a5b128a5fa2233190ff71.webp?v=1780222947","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ransom-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}