{"product_id":"we-and-me-9781642860047","title":"We and Me","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Saskia de Coster's \u003ci\u003eWe and Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a great dark beauty, and simultaneously, a true original and a reminder of why that endangered species, the novel, remains essential: no other narrative form is so expansive, so complex, so human, and so true.\" --Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hours\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eWe and Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that will haunt me for a long time. Excellent and unforgettable.\" --Herman Koch, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e In this spellbinding novel, which has been compared to the work of Jonathan Franzen, Dave Eggers, and Jeffrey Eugenides, Saskia de Coster provides a uniquely European take on the tradition of \"The Great American Novel.\" With the family unit and some of life's most pressing questions at its center, the award-winning \u003ci\u003eWe and Me\u003c\/i\u003e paints a captivatingly haunting picture of bourgeois family life. \u003cp\u003eWritten from several different perspectives, \u003ci\u003eWe and Me\u003c\/i\u003e covers the time period between 1980 and 2013 and focuses on the aristocratic Vandersanden family. Set in their opulent private estate located atop a mountain, neuroses, claustrophobia, scandal and rebellion run rife. At the heart of the family and the novel is Sarah, whose coming of age is both daringly and sensitively explored in de Coster's skillful prose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith her characteristically incisive approach, de Coster excavates the nuanced underbelly of human emotions with humor, understanding, and a lightness of touch. \u003ci\u003eWe and Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable and compelling tale by one of the greatest Belgian writers of our time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642860047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Saskia de Coster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36664296472732,"sku":"9781642860047","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_767b3aa7-2ec3-4ce7-9c7b-55149fe36541.jpg?v=1603906281","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/we-and-me-9781642860047","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}