{"product_id":"9781468313444","title":"Charlotte: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eInternationally literary phenomenon, multiple award-winner, and massive bestseller with over 500,000 copies in print in France and rights sold in 20 countries, \u003cem\u003eCharlotte\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of artist Charlotte Salomon—born in pre-World War II Berlin to a Jewish family traumatized by suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObsessed with art, and with living, Charlotte attended school in Germany until it was too dangerous to remain, fled to France, and was interned in a bleak work camp from which she narrowly escaped. Newly free, she spent two years in almost total solitude, creating a series of autobiographical art—images, words, even musical scores—that together tell her life story. A pregnant Charlotte was killed in Auschwitz at the age of 26, but not before she entrusted her life's work to a friend, who kept it safe until peacetime. The result, an extraordinary novel \u003cem\u003eavant la lettre\u003c\/em\u003e, was eventually published as \u003cem\u003eLife? or Theatre?\u003c\/em\u003e (and now reissued by Overlook), a unique, relentlessly complete artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCharlotte\u003c\/em\u003e, David Foenkinos—with passion, life, humor, and intelligent observation—has written his own utterly original tribute to Charlotte Salomon's tragic life and transcendent art. His gorgeous, haunting, and ultimately redemptive novel is the result of a long-cherished desire to honor this young artist. Infused with the emotion of a writer who connects deeply with his subject, and masterfully and sensitively translated by Sam Taylor, \u003cem\u003eCharlotte\u003c\/em\u003e is a triumph of creative expression, a monument to genius stilled too soon, and an ode to the will to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ABRAMS, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135592153328,"sku":"9781468313444","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781468313444_p0.jpg?v=1769892620","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781468313444","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}