{"product_id":"9781529303865-and-their-children-after-them","title":"And Their Children After Them","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A page-turner of a novel' New York Times\u003cbr\u003eThe voice of a generation: an immersive, nostalgic novel recalling the long, sultry summers of the 1990s from a hot new talent and the winner of the Goncourt Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] page-turner of a novel . I couldn't put the book down' - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A multi-viewpoint panorama of thwarted aspirations, spiced with breathy sex scenes and nostalgic detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.' - \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAugust 1992. Fourteen-year-old Anthony and his cousin decide to steal a canoe to fight their all-consuming boredom on a lazy summer afternoon. Their simple act of defiance will lead to Anthony's first love and his first \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e summer - that one summer that comes to define everything that follows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver four sultry summers in the 1990s, Anthony and his friends grow up in a France trapped between nostalgia and decline, decency and rage, desperate to escape their small town, the scarred countryside and grey council estates, in search of a more hopeful future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicolas Mathieu's eloquent novel gives a pitch-perfect depiction of teenage angst. Winner of the Prix Goncourt, it won praise for its portrayal of people living on the margins and shines a light on the struggles of French society today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Deeply felt . An exceptional portrait of youth' - \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\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":56450685993334,"sku":"9781529303865","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28473101.jpg?v=1760453796","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529303865-and-their-children-after-them","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}