{"product_id":"9780857053855-mend-the-living","title":"Mend the Living","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWINNER OF THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom fatal accident to life-saving operation, Maylis de Kerangal, one of the brightest and boldest writers of modern literary fiction, returns with the epic story of a heart transplant.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Wellcome Book Prize 2017.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a major French film, REPARER LES VIVANTS\/HEAL THE LIVING, directed by Katell Quillevere and starring Emmanuelle Seigner.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA twenty-four-hour whirlwind of death and life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the depths of a winter's night, the heart of Simon Limbeau is resting, readying itself for the day to come. In a few hours' time, just before six, his alarm will go off and he will venture into the freezing dawn, drive down to the beach, and go surfing with his friends. A trip he has made a hundred times and yet, today, the heart of Simon Limbeau will encounter a very different course.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut for now, the black-box of his body is free to leap, swell, melt and sink, just as it has throughout the years of Simon's young life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5.50 a.m.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is his heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd here is its story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the French by Jessica Moore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451447587190,"sku":"9780857053855","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_8051955_jpg.jpg?v=1760462584","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780857053855-mend-the-living","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}