{"product_id":"97-196-words-essays","title":"97,196 Words: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA selection of the best short work by France's greatest living nonfiction writer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Books of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one writes nonfiction like Emmanuel Carr re. Although he takes cues from such literary heroes as Truman Capote and Janet Malcolm, Carr re has, over the course of his career, reinvented the form in a search for truth in all its guises. Dispensing with the rules of genre, he takes what he needs from every available form or discipline--be it theology, historiography, fiction, reportage, or memoir--and fuses it under the pressure of an inimitable combination of passion, curiosity, intellect, and wit. With an oeuvre unique in world literature for its blend of empathy and playfulness, Carr re stands as one of our most distinctive and important literary voices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e97,196 Words\u003c\/i\u003e introduces Carr re's shorter works to an English-language audience. Featuring more than thirty extraordinary essays written over an illustrious twenty-five-year period of Carr re's creative life, this collection shows an exceptional mind at work. Spanning continents, histories, and personal relationships, and treating everything from American heroin addicts to the writing of \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, from the philosophy of Philip K. Dick to a single haunting sentence in a minor story by H. P. Lovecraft, from Carr re's own botched interview with Catherine Deneuve to the week he spent following the future French president Emmanuel Macron, \u003ci\u003e97,196 Words\u003c\/i\u003e considers the divides between truth, reality, and our shared humanity as it explores remarkable events and eccentric lives, including Carr re's own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmmanuel Carrère, born in Paris in 1957, is a novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and film producer. He is the award-winning, internationally renowned author of \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Limonov\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mustache\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClass Trip\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Adversary\u003c\/i\u003e (a New York Times Notable Book), \u003ci\u003eMy Life as a Russian Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLives Other Than My Own\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the Globe de Cristal for Best Novel in 2010. For \u003ci\u003eLimonov\u003c\/i\u003e, Carrère received the Prix Renaudot and the Prix des Prix in 2011 and the Europese Literatuurprijs in 2013. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Lambert has translated \u003ci\u003eMonsieur\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReticence\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e, by Jean-Philippe Toussaint, as well as Emmanuel Carrère's \u003ci\u003eLimonov \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in South Korea.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493642080530,"sku":"9781250758095","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fa4dab31-08dc-41c0-904c-2ceaddb6a62a.jpg?v=1730654885","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/97-196-words-essays","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}