{"product_id":"9780375727016","title":"The Elementary Particles","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn international literary phenomenon, \u003cb\u003eThe Elementary Particles\u003c\/b\u003e is a frighteningly original novel–part Marguerite Duras and part Bret Easton Ellis-that leaps headlong into the malaise of contemporary existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruno and Michel are half-brothers abandoned by their mother, an unabashed devotee of the drugged-out free-love world of the sixties. Bruno, the older, has become a raucously promiscuous hedonist himself, while Michel is an emotionally dead molecular biologist wholly immersed in the solitude of his work. Each is ultimately offered a final chance at genuine love, and what unfolds is a brilliantly caustic and unpredictable tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the French by Frank Wynne.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016223670512,"sku":"9780375727016","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780375727016_p0.jpg?v=1763692730","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780375727016","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}