{"product_id":"2940170788859","title":"The Hunters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Simple Tale\u003c\/i\u003e is the moving account of Maria Poniatowski, an aging Ukrainian woman who was taken by the Germans for slave labor and eventually relocated to Canada as a displaced person. She struggles to provide her son, Radek, with every opportunity, but his eventual success increases the gulf between him and his mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat of the past is she to preserve, and how to avoid letting the weight of that past burden the present?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria's story is about the moments of connection and isolation that are common to us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e, the second novella, is narrated by an American academic spending a summer in London who grows obsessed with the neighbors downstairs. Ridley Wandor, a plump and insipid caretaker of the elderly, lives with her ever-unseen mother and a horde of pet rabbits she calls \"the hunters\". While the narrator researches a book about death, all of Ridley Wandor's patients are dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoneliness breeds an active imagination. Is having such an imagination always destructive? Or can it be strong enough to create a new reality?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar-flung settings and universal themes give a sweeping appeal to Claire Messud's work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100740239600,"sku":"2940170788859","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170788859_p0.jpg?v=1769904799","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170788859","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}