{"product_id":"9781771960434","title":"Arvida","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2015 Giller Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2016 Best Translated Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eQuill\u0026amp;Quire’s\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year, 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA twenty-five-thousand-copy bestseller in Quebec, \u003ci\u003eArvida\u003c\/i\u003e, with its stories of innocent young girls and wild beasts, attempted murder and ritual mutilation, haunted houses and road trips heading nowhere, is unforgettable. Like a Proust-obsessed Cormac McCarthy, Samuel Archibald's portrait of his hometown, a model town design by American industrialist Arthur Vining Davis, does for Quebec's North what William Faulkner did for the South, and heralds an important new voice in world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Archibald\u003c\/b\u003e teaches contemporary popular culture at the University of Quebec in Montreal, where he lectures on genre fiction, horror movies, and video games, among other subjects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139836625136,"sku":"9781771960434","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771960434_p0.jpg?v=1763737745","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771960434","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}