{"product_id":"the-war-of-the-poor-paperback","title":"The War of the Poor - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eÉric Vuillard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Polizzotti\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Booker Prize Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e (UK): Best Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Order of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e, a powerful account of the German Peasants' War (1524-25) that shows striking parallels to class conflicts of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the sixteenth century, the Protestant Reformation launched an attack on privilege and the Catholic Church, but it rapidly became an established, bourgeois authority itself. Rural laborers and the urban poor, who were still being promised equality in heaven, began to question why they shouldn't have equality here and now on earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere ensued a furious struggle between the powerful--the comfortable Protestants--and the others, the wretched. They were led by a number of theologians, one of whom has left his mark on history through his determination and sheer energy. His name was Thomas Müntzer, and he set Germany on fire. \u003ci\u003eThe War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof the Poor\u003c\/i\u003e recounts his story--that of an insurrection through the Word. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his characteristically bold, cinematic style, Éric Vuillard draws insights from this revolt from nearly five hundred years ago, which remains shockingly relevant to the dire inequalities we face today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉric Vuillard\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author and filmmaker who has written ten books, including \u003ci\u003eConquistadors\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 2010 Prix Ignatius J. Reilly), and \u003ci\u003eLa bataille d'Occident\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCongo\u003c\/i\u003e (both of which received the 2012 Prix Franz-Hessel and the 2013 Prix Valery-Larbaud). He won the 2017 Goncourt Prize, France's most prestigious literary prize, for \u003ci\u003eThe Order of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2018). Born in Lyon in 1968, he now lives in Rennes, France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMark Polizzotti\u003c\/b\u003e has translated more than fifty books from the French, including works by Gustave Flaubert, Patrick Modiano, Marguerite Duras, André Breton, and Raymond Roussel. A Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the recipient of a 2016 American Academy of Arts \u0026amp; Letters Award for Literature, he is the author of eleven books. He directs the publications program at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.4 x 4.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767436640544,"sku":"9781635422573","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/46696c1f0be985744c615d3b9b5d76ae.webp?v=1780310882","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-war-of-the-poor-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}