{"product_id":"9781916658189-happy-the-hours","title":"Happy the Hours","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eHours. Landscapes. Seasons. Life. A musical meditation in poetic prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHappy the Hours\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLes Heures Heureuses\u003c\/i\u003e, Albin Michel, 2023) is the twelfth in Pascal Quignard's \u003ci\u003eLast Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e series. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHours. Landscapes. Seasons. Life. A musical meditation in poetic prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'At any given moment in time', writes Quignard, 'a work receives its sudden audition. Bach and Mendelssohn. Froberger in Bach. A bird in Messiaen.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike Bach, Quignard is anachronistic. In his remarkable body of work, the accomplished musician and writer, who once began writing a thesis on the language of Bergson, probes incessantly the mystery of time. \u003ci\u003eHappy the Hours\u003c\/i\u003e is the epitome of this probing, a perpetual beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePascal Quignard is laureate of the Grand Prix du roman de l'Academie francaise (2000), the Prix Goncourt (2002) and the Prix Formentor (2023), amongst many other prestigious awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHappy the Hours\u003c\/i\u003e (Les Heures Heureuses, Albin Michel, 2023) is the twelfth in his \u003ci\u003eLast Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57999881142646,"sku":"9781916658189","price":16.61,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41515828.jpg?v=1780539376","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781916658189-happy-the-hours","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}