{"product_id":"all-that-is-solid-melts-into-air-9780062246875","title":"All That Is Solid Melts Into Air","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Brilliantly imagined in its harrowing account of the Chernobyl disaster and exhilarating in its sweep, \u003cem\u003eAll That Is Solid Melts into Air\u003c\/em\u003e is a debut to rattle all the windows and open up the ventricles of the heart. . . . The book is daring, exhilarating, generous and beautifully written.\" -- Colum McCann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA brilliant and gripping novel set against the tragedy of Chernobyl and the way in which the lives of its survivors were forever changed in its wake.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart historical epic, part love story, it recalls \u003cem\u003eThe English\u003c\/em\u003e Patient in its mix of emotional intimacy and sweeping landscape.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussia, 1986. On a run-down apartment block in Moscow, a nine-year-old prodigy plays his piano silently for fear of disturbing the neighbors. In a factory on the outskirts of the city, his aunt makes car parts, hiding her dissident past. In a nearby hospital, a surgeon immerses himself in his work, avoiding his failed marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in a village in Belarus, a teenage boy wakes to a sky of the deepest crimson. Outside, the ears of his neighbor's cattle are dripping blood. Ten miles away, at the Chernobyl Power Plant, something unimaginable has happened. Now their lives will change forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn end-of-empire novel charting the collapse of the Soviet Union, \u003cem\u003eAll That Is Solid Melts into Air\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting and epic love story by a major new talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcKeon, Darragh:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDarragh McKeon was born in 1979 and grew up in the midlands of Ireland. He has worked as a theater director and lives in New York. This is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543372239122,"sku":"9780062246875","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_495baebf-e79a-492f-bd18-76e192d7f9dc.jpg?v=1731507756","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/all-that-is-solid-melts-into-air-9780062246875","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}