{"product_id":"9781940953403","title":"Abahn Sabana David","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Duras's language and writing shine like crystals.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A spectacular success. . . . Duras is at the height of her powers.\"—Edmund White\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable for the first time in English, \u003ci\u003eAbahn Sabana David \u003c\/i\u003eis a late-career masterpiece from one of France's greatest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLate one evening, David and Sabana—members of a communist group—arrive at a country house where they meet Abahn, the man they've been sent to guard and eventually kill for his perceived transgressions. A fourth man arrives (also named Abahn), and throughout the night these four characters discuss existential ideas of understanding, capitalism, violence, revolution, and dogs, while a gun lurks in the background the entire time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuspenseful and thought-provoking, Duras's novel calls to mind the plays of Samuel Beckett in the way it explores human existence and suffering in the confusing contemporary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarguerite Duras \u003c\/b\u003ewrote dozens of plays, film scripts, and novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Ravishing of Lol Stein\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHiroshima, Mon Amour\u003c\/i\u003e. She's most well-known for \u003ci\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Goncourt Prize in 1984 and was made into a film in 1992. This is her third book to be published by Open Letter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKazim Ali \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, essayist, and novelist, and has published a translation of \u003ci\u003eWater's Footfall \u003c\/i\u003eby Sohrab Sepehri in addition to co-translating Duras's \u003ci\u003eL'Amour\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at Oberlin College and the University of Southern Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141758238960,"sku":"9781940953403","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781940953403_p0.jpg?v=1769898137","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940953403","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}