{"product_id":"9781910886366","title":"Repentance","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Repentance’ is a poignant collection of three short stories- ‘Song of Laments’, ‘Futility’ and ‘Repentance’ – which explore the psychological complexity of relationships between fathers and sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe issues addressed are ageless and universal. Set across the centuries, from biblical times to the present, often merging mythology with illusion and reality, the stories focus on challenges faced by fathers and sons as each struggles to assert his own identity and individual place in the world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmanshayev ‘s prose is wonderfully visual, providing theatrical settings which are further enhanced by a rhythmic use of words to conjure sound; from the melodic dombra to the cries of the animals and winds of the Steppe,and the beat of a bouncing ball. His characters are portrayed with equal sensitivity, from the young warrior, the new father and suicidal son, each caught up in a ‘boundless twilight of loneliness’, to the homeless addicts, spurned women and Lothario father; each one inviting empathy from the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Silk Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059267813616,"sku":"9781910886366","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781910886366_p0.jpg?v=1763629522","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910886366","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}