{"product_id":"a-room-9781628971330","title":"A Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA monumental, subversive classic of twentieth-century literature jailed upon its publication as one of the finest novels ever written in Hebrew, \u003ci\u003eA Room\u003c\/i\u003e is in the league of \u003ci\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe Recognitions\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bedraggled detective is dispatched to an IDF base where a man was burned alive while making a training film. An art student in Paris breaks into a morgue to recreate Mantegna's Lamentation of Christ. A scripture (with commentary!) tells of a mythical nation uniting to construct a monument to their deity, then falling into chaos when no one can agree on its precise form or dimensions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYouval Shimoni\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Jerusalem in 1955. He studied cinema at Tel Aviv University and first began publishing fiction in 1990. Shimoni is a senior editor at Am Oved publishers; he also teaches creative writing at Tel Aviv and Haifa Universities. He has been awarded the Bernstein Prize (2001) and the Prime Minister's Prize (2005)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in South Africa, \u003cb\u003e Michael Sharp\u003c\/b\u003e currently lives in Israel where he produces radio programs for Israel Radio. \u003ci\u003eA Room\u003c\/i\u003e is his first translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50474447995154,"sku":"9781628971330","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b50b17e-3f6c-47f5-8bfa-2c236d4af665.jpg?v=1730220951","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-room-9781628971330","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}