{"product_id":"the-man-who-saw-everything-paperback","title":"The Man Who Saw Everything - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah Levy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year By: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Review (Notable Books of the Year) * The New York Public Library * \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e * Time.com * The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Critics' (Parul Seghal's Top Books of the Year) * \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e * Apple * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn electrifying novel about beauty, envy, and carelessness from Deborah Levy, author of the Booker Prize finalists \u003ci\u003eHot Milk\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSwimming Home.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is 1988 and Saul Adler, a narcissistic young historian, has been invited to Communist East Berlin to do research; in exchange, he must publish a favorable essay about the German Democratic Republic. As a gift for his translator's sister, a Beatles fanatic who will be his host, Saul's girlfriend will shoot a photograph of him standing in the crosswalk on Abbey Road, an homage to the famous album cover. As he waits for her to arrive, he is grazed by an oncoming car, which changes the trajectory of his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Saw Everything\u003c\/i\u003e is about the difficulty of seeing ourselves and others clearly. It greets the specters that come back to haunt old and new love, previous and current incarnations of Europe, conscious and unconscious transgressions, and real and imagined betrayals, while investigating the cyclic nature of history and its reinvention by people in power. Here, Levy traverses the vast reaches of the human imagination while artfully blurring sexual and political binaries-feminine and masculine, East and West, past and present--to reveal the full spectrum of our world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Levy\u003c\/b\u003e writes fiction, plays, and poetry. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, broadcast on the BBC, and widely translated. The author of highly praised novels, including \u003ci\u003eHot Milk \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSwimming Home\u003c\/i\u003e (both Man Booker Prize finalists), \u003ci\u003eThe Unloved\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Billy and Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, the acclaimed story collection \u003ci\u003eBlack Vodka\u003c\/i\u003e, and two parts of her working autobiography, \u003ci\u003eThings I Don't Want to Know \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eshe lives in London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Booker Prize (2019)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769309593888,"sku":"9781632869852","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e7e157630631ed6bb7c387ac0b3fdc8c.webp?v=1780345626","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-man-who-saw-everything-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}