{"product_id":"9781590175637","title":"The Widow","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Widow\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of two outcasts and their fatal encounter. One is the widow herself, Tati. Still young, she’s never had an easy time of it, but she’s not the kind to complain. Tati lives with her father-in-law on the family farm, putting up with his sexual attentions, working her fingers to the bone, improving the property and knowing all the time that her late husband’s sister is scheming to kick her out and take the house back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe other is a killer. Just out of prison and in search of a new life, Jean meets up with Tati, who hires him as a handyman and then takes him to bed. Things are looking up, at least until Jean falls hard for the girl next door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Widow\u003c\/i\u003e was published in the same year as Camus’ \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e, and André Gide judged it the superior book. It is Georges Simenon’s most powerful and disturbing exploration of the bond between death and desire.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137971011824,"sku":"9781590175637","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590175637_p0.jpg?v=1763809651","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590175637","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}