{"product_id":"the-heart-9781250117915","title":"The Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Bill Gates' \"Five Best Summer Reads\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe basis for the critically-acclaimed film, \u003ci\u003eHeal the Living\u003c\/i\u003e, directed by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatell \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuill v r  and starring Tahar Rahim and Emmanuelle Seigner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbertine Prize Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWellcome Book Prize and the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrench-American Foundation Translation Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust before dawn on a Sunday morning, three teenage boys go surfing. While driving home exhausted, the boys are involved in a fatal car accident on a deserted road. Two of the boys are wearing seat belts; one goes through the windshield. The doctors declare him brain-dead shortly after arriving at the hospital, but his heart is still beating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heart \u003c\/i\u003etakes place over the twenty-four hours surrounding the resulting heart transplant, as life is taken from a young man and given to a woman close to death. In gorgeous, ruminative prose, it examines the deepest feelings of everyone involved as they navigate decisions of life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs stylistically audacious as it is emotionally explosive, \u003ci\u003e The Heart \u003c\/i\u003emesmerized readers in France, where it has been hailed as the breakthrough work of a new literary star. With the precision of a surgeon and the language of a poet, de Kerangal has made a major contribution to both medicine and literature with an epic tale of grief, hope, and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250117915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Maylis De Kerangal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648601813148,"sku":"9781250117915","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fcc379fe-4340-4154-a5d7-2689f1b72346.jpg?v=1603870517","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-heart-9781250117915","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}