{"product_id":"twenty-minutes-of-silence-by-helene-bessette","title":"Twenty Minutes of Silence by Hélène Bessette","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a family home in the north of France, a crime has been committed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut a crime of what order? Who exactly is the victim and who, if anyone, is the criminal?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTwenty Minutes of Silence\u003c\/em\u003e, Hélène Bessette unleashes a polyphonic investigation, multiplying perspectives, contradictions, questions and doubts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything in this high-octane drama is subject to change, including the lighting and the basic facts of the case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposed in her signature poetic prose style, Bessette’s novella builds a world punctured by startling disruptions and unexpected shifts, and in doing so destroys and remakes the crime novel, creating a form wholly new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDevastating and exuberant, \u003cem\u003eTwenty Minutes of Silence\u003c\/em\u003e is a vital interrogation of the powerlessness of childhood, the compromises of adulthood, and the conventions of the novel itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Kate Briggs\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lit Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53400148083001,"sku":"11856816","price":89.95,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.cziplee.com\/products\/twenty-minutes-of-silence-by-helene-bessette","provider":"CzipLee Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}