{"product_id":"9781941920329","title":"One Hundred Twenty-One Days","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2017 PEN Translation Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 's Best Books of 2016\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e ' Picks for \"Favorite International Reads of 2016\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"...rich, tragic, yet playful novel...\" — Nancy Kline, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Formally dazzling, playful and affecting, a new Oulipian classic.\" — Lauren Elkin, author of \u003ci\u003eFlâneuse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe End of Oulipo?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis debut novel by mathematician and Oulipo member Michèle Audin retraces the lives of French mathematicians over several generations through World Wars I and II. The narrative oscillates stylistically from chapter to chapter—at times a novel, fable, historical research, or a diary—locking and unlocking codes, culminating in a captivating, original reading experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichèle Audin \u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several works of mathematical theory and history and also published a work on her anticolonialist father's torture, disappearance, and execution by the French during the Battle of Algiers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050417701104,"sku":"9781941920329","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781941920329_p0.jpg?v=1772500814","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781941920329","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}