{"product_id":"a-treatise-on-shelling-beans-9781935744900","title":"A Treatise on Shelling Beans","description":"Our hero and narrator is the aging caretaker of cottages at a summer resort. A mysterious visitor inspires him to share the story of his long life: we witness a happy childhood cut short by the war, his hiding from the Nazis buried in a heap of potatoes, his plodding attempts to play the saxophone, the brutal murder of his family, loves lost but remembered, and footloose travels abroad. Told in the manner of friends and neighbors swapping stories over the mundane task of shelling beans--in the grand oral tradition of Myśliwski's celebrated \u003ci\u003eStone Upon Stone\u003c\/i\u003e--each anecdote, lived experience, and memory accrues cross-stitched layers of meaning. By turns hilarious and poignant, \u003ci\u003eA Treatise on Shelling Beans \u003c\/i\u003eis an epic recounting of a life that, while universal, is anything but ordinary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archipelago Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935744900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.53h x 5.98w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wieslaw Mysliwski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43059907821749,"sku":"9781935744900","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b8a1b745-710f-46b9-8b9b-8f38ed2c0826.jpg?v=1690300719","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-treatise-on-shelling-beans-9781935744900","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}