{"product_id":"j-9780553419566","title":"J","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJ\u003c\/i\u003e is a snarling, effervescent, and ambitious philosophical work of fiction that poses unsettling questions about our sense of history, and our self-satisfied orthodoxies. Jacobson's triumph is to craft a novel that is poignant as well as troubling from the debris.\" --\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e (UK) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Man Booker Prize-winner Howard Jacobson's brilliant and profound new novel, \u003ci\u003eJ\u003c\/i\u003e, \"invites comparison with George Orwell's \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e and Aldous Huxley's \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, London). Set in a world where collective memory has vanished and the past is a dangerous country, not to be talked about or visited, \u003ci\u003eJ\u003c\/i\u003e is a boldly inventive love story, both tender and terrifying.\u003cbr\u003e Kevern Cohen doesn't know why his father always drew two fingers across his lips when he said a word starting with a J. It wasn't then, and isn't now, the time or place to be asking questions. When the extravagantly beautiful Ailinn Solomons arrives in his village by a sea that laps no other shore, Kevern is instantly drawn to her. Although mistrustful by nature, the two become linked as if they were meant for each other. Together, they form a refuge from the commonplace brutality that is the legacy of a historic catastrophe shrouded in suspicion, denial, and apology, simply referred to as WHAT HAPPENED, IF IT HAPPENED. To Ailinn's guardian, Esme Nussbaum, Ailinn and Kevern are fragile shoots of hopefulness. As this unusual pair's actions draw them into ever-increasing danger, Esme is determined to keep them together--whatever the cost.\u003cbr\u003e In this stunning, evocative, and terribly heartbreaking work, where one couple's love affair could have shattering consequences for the human race, Howard Jacobson gathers his prodigious gifts for the crowning achievement of a remarkable career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553419566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Howard Jacobson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43643946893493,"sku":"9780553419566","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1f8b9a5a-69c4-41e2-ad50-36f8b68c644f.jpg?v=1708445145","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/j-9780553419566","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}