{"product_id":"the-annual-banquet-of-the-gravediggers-guild","title":"The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild","description":"From the winner of the Prix Goncourt, an exciting comic masterwork rooted in the French countryside.\nWINNER OF THE 2024 FRENCH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION TRANSLATION PRIZE\nLONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD IN PROSE\nTo research his thesis on contemporary agrarian life, anthropology student David Mazon moves from Paris to La Pierre-Saint-Christophe, a village in the marshlands of western France. Determined to understand the essence of the local culture, the intrepid young scholar scurries around restlessly on his moped to interview residents.\nBut what David doesn’t yet know is that here, in this seemingly ordinary place, once the stage for wars and revolutions, Death leads a dance: when one thing perishes, the Wheel of Life recycles its soul and hurls it back into the world as microbe, human, or wild animal, sometimes in the past, sometimes in the future. And once a year, Death and the living observe a temporary truce during a gargantuan three-day feast where gravediggers gorge themselves on food, drink, and language.\nBrimming with Mathias Énard’s characteristic wit and encyclopedic brilliance, The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild is a riotous novel where the edges between past and present are constantly dissolving against a Rabelaisian backdrop of excess.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0811231291\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0811231291.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Énard, Mathias|Wynne, Frank\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41505736032314,"sku":"DBV.0811231291.A","price":8.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0811231291-0.jpg?v=1783204121","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-annual-banquet-of-the-gravediggers-guild","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}