{"product_id":"a-constellation-of-vital-phenomena-9780770436421","title":"A Constellation of Vital Phenomena","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD - A searing debut about the transcendent power of love in wartime, hailed as \"an absolute masterpiece\" (Sarah Jessica Parker, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e)--from the renowned author of \u003ci\u003eMercury Pictures Presents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Extraordinary . . . a twenty-first century \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE JOHN LEONARD AWARD WINNER - ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the final days of December 2004, in a small rural village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa hides in the woods when her father is abducted by Russian forces. Fearing for her life, she flees with their neighbor Akhmed--a failed physician--to the bombed-out hospital, where Sonja, the one remaining doctor, treats a steady stream of wounded rebels and refugees and mourns her missing sister. Over the course of five dramatic days, Akhmed and Sonja reach back into their pasts to unravel the intricate mystery of coincidence, betrayal, and forgiveness that unexpectedly binds them and decides their fate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, Chicago Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eANTHONY MARRA\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Constellation of Vital Phenomena\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), which won the National Book Critics Circle's inaugural John Leonard Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in fiction, the Barnes and Noble Discover Award, and appeared on over twenty year-end lists. Marra's novel was a National Book Award long list selection as well as a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and France's Prix Medicis. He received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, where he teaches as the Jones Lecturer in Fiction. He has lived and studied in Eastern Europe, and now resides in Oakland, California. His story collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Tsar of Love and Techno\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming from Hogarth (Fall 2015). Visit http: \/\/anthonymarra.net\/\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hogarth Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607569862930,"sku":"9780770436421","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_520e36cd-4302-4bd1-848a-f7c013eb99e3.jpg?v=1732310286","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-constellation-of-vital-phenomena-9780770436421","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}