{"product_id":"the-wanting-147083670x","title":"The Wanting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 147083670X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Michael Lavigne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of Not Me, this powerful novel of an Israeli father and daughter brings to life a rich canvas of events and unexpected change in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.In the captivating opening of this novel, the celebrated Russian-born modern architect Roman Guttman is injured in a bus bombing; his life and perceptions become heightened and disturbed, leading him on an ill-advised journey into the desert and Palestinian territory. Roman's odyssey alternates with the vivacious, bittersweet diary of his thirteen-year-old daughter Anyusha-on her own perilous path, of which Roman is ignorant-and the startlingly alive observations of Amir, the young Palestinian who pushed the button and is now damned to watch the havoc he has wrought from a shaky beyond. Enriched also by flashbacks to the alluring, sad tale of Anyusha's mother, a Russian refusenik who died for her beliefs, this novel becomes a poignant study of the costs of extremism, but it is most satisfying as a story of characters enmeshed in their imperfect love for one another and for the heartbreakingly complex world in which all such love is wrought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68217604112672,"sku":"NEW147083670X","price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/717BGZ4CHEL.jpg?v=1794294188","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/en-gb\/products\/the-wanting-147083670x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}