{"product_id":"2940170139316","title":"Disappearing Earth: A novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpellbinding, moving amp;mdash; evoking a fascinating region on the other side of the world amp;mdash; this suspenseful and haunting story announces the debut of a profoundly gifted writer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne August afternoon, on the shoreline of the Kamchatka peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, two girls - sisters, eight and 11 amp;mdash; go missing. In the ensuing weeks, then months, the police investigation turns up nothing. Echoes of the disappearance reverberate across a tightly woven community, with the fear and loss felt most deeply among its women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking us through a year in Kamchatka, \u003ci\u003eDisappearing Earth\u003c\/i\u003e enters with astonishing emotional acuity the worlds of a cast of richly drawn characters, all connected by the crime: a witness, a neighbor, a detective, a mother. We are transported to vistas of rugged beauty amp;mdash; densely wooded forests, open expanses of tundra, soaring volcanoes, and the glassy seas that border Japan and Alaska amp;mdash; and into a region as complex as it is alluring, where social and ethnic tensions have long simmered, and where outsiders are often the first to be accused.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a story as propulsive as it is emotionally engaging, and through a young writer's virtuosic feat of empathy and imagination, this powerful novel brings us to a new understanding of the intricate bonds of family and community, in a Russia unlike any we have seen before.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098290667760,"sku":"2940170139316","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170139316_p0.jpg?v=1763703163","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170139316","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}