{"product_id":"the-birthday-party","title":"The Birthday Party","description":"2023 International Booker Prize, Longlist\nNew York Times Editors' Choice\n\n“A real-time study in crippling self-consciousness, the fragility of normalcy, and the reality of violence.”—The New York Times\nBuried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses and a curiously assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his family’s farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; and their neighbor, Christine, an artist. While Patrice plans a surprise for his wife’s fortieth birthday, inexplicable events start to disrupt the hamlet’s quiet existence: anonymous, menacing letters, an unfamiliar car rolling up the driveway. And as night falls, strangers stalk the houses, unleashing a nightmarish chain of events.\nTold in rhythmic, propulsive prose that weaves seamlessly from one consciousness to the next over the course of a day, Laurent Mauvignier’s The Birthday Party is a deft unraveling of the stories we hide from others and from ourselves, a gripping tale of the violent irruptions of the past into the present, written by a major contemporary French writer.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1945492651\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1945492651.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Mauvignier, Laurent\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: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41235716702266,"sku":"DBV.1945492651.G","price":4.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1945492651-0.jpg?v=1770571872","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-birthday-party","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}