{"product_id":"9780977459070","title":"Point of No Return","description":"POINT OF NO RETURN shows the world through the eyes of a war correspondent, working in conflict zones avoided by the mainstream media, unveiling the dire state of today's world, its disparities and brutal post-colonial arrangement - including the imperialist push for Western hegemony.\u003cp\u003e\"Point of No Return is one of the great novels of the 21st century. It deserves a wide readership and serious critical appraisal. Over a half century ago, in his important book \"American Moderns - From Rebellion to Conformity,\" the great literary critic Maxwell Geismar noted that \"Our best literary work has come from writers who are outside [the dominant] intellectual orbit, where [capitalist] panic has slowly subsided into inertia.\" Geismar anticipates Vltchek. Point of No Return explodes from that vital realm far beyond hegemonic control.\" \u003cbr\u003e- Tony Christini\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Point of No Return is riveting.\" - Paulin Cesari (Le Figaro)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"André Vltchek is a writer, the real thing, of the same calibre and breed as Hemingway and Malraux.\" \u003cbr\u003e- Catherine Merveilleux\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Andre Vltchek tells us about a world that few know, even when they think they do. That is because he tells the truth, vividly, with a keen sense of history, and with a perceptive eye that sees past surfaces to reality...\" - Noam Chomsky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This gripping novel blends fiction and autobiography; it reflects the experience of the author as a war correspondent while drawing the portrait of a globalized world coming apart at the seams. A political novel after the fashion of Malraux... it is also a meditation on the state of the world (and of literature), and a raucous escapade to the far corners of the globe.\" - Le Grand Soir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Iconoclastic Adventurer: The lives of great reporters are fascinating. Long before establishing his credentials as a poet, essayist, documentary filmmaker and even a novelist, Andre Vltchek, was a journalist. Donning this hat once again, he revisits his years as an intrepid reporter...\" - Caroline Mangez (Paris Match)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Vltchek has written a colourful and elegantly crafted novel with a political stance that will engage some and provoke others but is always heart-felt and sincere.\" - Lila Rajiva\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mainstay Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50091693080816,"sku":"9780977459070","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780977459070","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}