{"product_id":"9781772140361","title":"Under the Stone (Sous Beton)","description":"\u003cbr\u003eFiction. Translated from the French by Jacob Homel. From birth, the child was locked away in a minuscule cell, at #804 of level 5969 of the Edifice. Around him... only concrete, without a view of the outside world. And two people: the tyrannical father, slowly killing himself; and the mother, fearing eviction. Unmoving in his roost, the child's life will be disrupted by a transformation that will reveal an unexpected horizon.\u003cp\u003e\"A unique literary exercise that can't be solely described as a traditional dystopian novel. Indeed, a disturbing strangeness worms its way throughout, a strangeness that could be at home in a fantasy novel, a realist psychological work, a poetic experience. Perhaps Karoline Georges has in fact created a new genre, the claustrophobic novel, but she demonstrates that despite whatever constraints are put on her work, a writer can create the most peculiar worlds through the singular strength of her imagination.\"—Chantal Guy, \u003cem\u003eLa Presse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Echoes of George Orwell's 1984 are heard throughout this excellent novel with its style as cold and dark as whatever lies under the stone...\"—Lisanne Rhéault-Leblanc, \u003cem\u003e7 jours\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anvil Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49789454811376,"sku":"9781772140361","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781772140361","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}