{"product_id":"9781940953625","title":"Island of Point Nemo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Those of you who stay with Blas de Roblès's ultimately quite satisfying novel will find yourselves with a new European literary star to steer by.\"—Alan Cheuse, NPR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stolen diamond and three right feet, wearing shoes of a non-existent brand, that wash ashore in Scotland set into motion the first plot of \u003ci\u003eIsland of Point Nemo\u003c\/i\u003e , a rollicking Jules Verne-like adventure narrative that crosses continents and oceans, involves multilingual codes, a world-famous villain, and three eccentrically loopy detectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRunning parallel is the story of B@bil Books, an e-reader factory in France filled with its own set of colorful characters, including the impotent Dieumercie and his randy wife, who will stop at nothing—including a suspect ritual involving bees—to fix his \"problem,\" and their abusive boss Wang-ilWong, obsessed with carrier pigeons and spying on his employees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the humor of a Jasper Fforde novel, and the structure of a Haruki Murakami one, \u003ci\u003eIsland of Point Nemo\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary puzzle and grand testament to the power of storytelling—even in our digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Algeria, \u003cb\u003eJean-Marie Blas de Roblès\u003c\/b\u003e is a truly international writer, having spent significant time in Brazil, France, Taiwan, and Libya. His novel \u003ci\u003eWhere Tigers Are at Home \u003c\/i\u003e won the Fnac, Giono, and Médicis Prizes. \u003ci\u003eIsland of Point Nemo\u003c\/i\u003e is his ninth novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eHannah Chute\u003c\/b\u003e has an MA in translation from the University of Rochester. In 2015, she received the Banff Centre Scholarship to work on \u003ci\u003eIsland of Point Nemo\u003c\/i\u003e , her first full-length translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044290052336,"sku":"9781940953625","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781940953625_p0.jpg?v=1769898315","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940953625","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}