{"product_id":"elegy-on-kinderklavier-9781936747764","title":"Elegy on Kinderklavier","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble 2014 Discover Great New Writers Selection, Third Place\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stories in \u003ci\u003eElegy on Kinderklavier\u003c\/i\u003e explore the profound loss and intricate effects of war on lives that have been suddenly misaligned. A diplomat navigates a hostile political climate and an arranged marriage in an Israeli settlement on a newly discovered planet; a small town in Kansas shuns the army recruiter who signed up its boys as troops are deployed to Iraq, falling in helicopters and on grenades; a family dissolves around mental illness and a child's body overtaken by cancer. The moment a soldier steps on an explosive device is painfully reproduced, nanosecond by nanosecond. Arna Bontemps Hemenway's stories feel pulled out of time and place, and the suffering of his characters seem at once otherworldly and stunningly familiar. \u003ci\u003eElegy on Kinderklavier\u003c\/i\u003e is a disquieting exploration of what it is to lose and be lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936747764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover Great New Writers - Third Place\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Hemingway Foundation\/PEN Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2014 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/25\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arna Bontemps Hemenway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41573899108533,"sku":"9781936747764","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_aa75b19b-a875-47e0-bde4-77a28e3e96ec.jpg?v=1643686820","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/elegy-on-kinderklavier-9781936747764","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}