{"product_id":"9781529416923-mirror-of-our-sorrows","title":"Mirror of our Sorrows","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe final novel in Pierre Lemaitre's between-the-wars trilogy - a riotous depiction of the Phoney War from the perspective of an unlikely group of people caught up in its chaos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Tremendous and enjoyable\"\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eLa Libre Belgique\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A great success\"\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eLa Croix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eApril, 1940. \u003c\/b\u003eLouise Belmont runs, naked, down the boulevard du Montparnasse. To understand the tragic scene she has just experienced, she will have to plunge into the madness of the 'Phoney War', when the whole of France, seized by the panic of a new World War, descends into chaos. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlongside bistro-owner Monsieur Jules, new recruit Gabriel and small-time crook Raoul, Louise navigates this period of enormous upheaval and extraordinary twists of fate, for as the Nazi's advance, the threat of German occupation will uncover long-buried secrets and make strange bedfellows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith his characteristic wit and verve, Pierre Lemaitre chronicles the greatness and decline of a people crushed by circumstance. In \u003ci\u003eMirror of Our Sorrows\u003c\/i\u003e, the final novel in the Paris between-the-wars trilogy, is an incandescent tale that is both burlesque and tragic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslated from the French by Frank Wynne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40682565271649,"sku":"9781529416923","price":17.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28010026.jpg?v=1722242490","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529416923-mirror-of-our-sorrows","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}