{"product_id":"chapel-road-9781628975192","title":"Chapel Road","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA meta-textual matryoshka doll of a novel from a renowned voice in Flemish literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twisting narrative of Louis Paul Boon's 1953 masterpiece follows a young girl named Ondine and her brother Valeer, born into poverty at the turn of the century in the industrial city of Aalst, Belgium. Ondine's coming of age is interwoven with a reworking of the medieval fable of Reynard the Fox, as well as a metanarrative in which an author named Louis Paul Boon and his colorful group of friends discuss the writing of a novel named \u003ci\u003eChapel Road\u003c\/i\u003e, debating how best to present Ondine's story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGroundbreaking among post-war Dutch literature for its postmodern structure and irreverent, dialect-studded use of language, Boon's allegory of the rise and fall of socialism in Flanders presents his theory of the novel as a type of \"illegal writing\" where digressions are far more important than a carefully constructed plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLouis Paul Boon\u003c\/strong\u003e (1912-1979) started out as a house painter but went on to become the author of a large and rich oeuvre spanning several genres: from the compelling historical epics he composed later in life to his sharp, witty work as a newspaper columnist and his tongue-in-cheek, scabrous novels. Boon is one of the most important writers of Flemish literature in the twentieth century, a keen observer of society, the individual and the interplay between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdrienne Dixon\u003c\/strong\u003e is a translator of Dutch and Flemish literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChad W. Post\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder and publisher of Open Letter Books. He is also the editorial director of Dalkey Archive Press, where he was formerly the associate director. Over the course of his career, he founded the Translation Database, the Best Translated Book Awards, multiple literary podcasts (\u003ci\u003eTwo Month Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThree Percent\u003c\/i\u003e), the Three Percent website, and currently writes two newsletters: The Three Percent Problem, and Mining the Dalkey Archive. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Three Percent Problem: Rants and Responses on Publishing, Translation, and the Future of Reading\u003c\/i\u003e. His articles and book reviews have appeared in a range of publications. In 2018 he received the Words Without Borders Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661246267666,"sku":"9781628975192","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_542d97f3-70fa-4547-a940-415230266717.jpg?v=1760438787","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chapel-road-9781628975192","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}