{"product_id":"9781585676118","title":"Green","description":" When it was published last year, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e hailed \u003ci\u003eBlue\u003c\/i\u003e as \"at once a spiritual challenge and a gorgeous typographical object.\" With \u003ci\u003eGreen\u003c\/i\u003e, Benjamin Zucker continues the challenge and the story of Abraham Tal, New York gem merchant and advice-giver to friends and neighbors in Greenwich Village.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And continuing, too, is the involving rich world of prismatic color Tal inhabits. His life may be outwardly unexceptional, but he has inherited of world of \"voices\" jostling one another for their say, their Talmudic commentary on the action. Borges, Breton, Monet, Melville, Elihu Yale, Shah Jahan, Jewish mystics, many others—all will be heard, emphatically, insistently, across the ages—crowding into Tal's \"advice shop\" on Hudson Street with news, with reports, with something important to say to Tal, and to us. \u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: Benjamin Zucker, a New York gem merchant, was born on the French Riviera, educated at Yale and Harvard Law School, and followed his grandfather and father into the family business. He travels regularly to the gem capitals of the world purchasing precious stones. He has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution and the American Museum of Natural History. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eBlue\u003c\/i\u003e, will appear in paperback in October.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Overlook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036580659440,"sku":"9781585676118","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781585676118_p0.jpg?v=1763802164","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781585676118","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}