{"product_id":"in-the-wake-9780312427047","title":"In the Wake","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Arvid Jansen comes-to one morning in the doorway of a bookstore in Oslo, Norway, his grief comes back to him in devastating flashes: His parents and his brothers are dead, he has lost touch with his wife and daughters, abandoned his career as a writer and bookseller. His old life is gone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Wake\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Arvid's first steps toward resuming that life, of his gradual confrontation with everything he lost and ultimately with his own role in the disaster that killed his family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold with the insight and moral force of his countryman Knut Hamsun, \u003ci\u003eIn the Wake\u003c\/i\u003e is the American debut of a treasured European writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePer Petterson\u003c\/b\u003e was a librarian and bookseller before publishing his first book in 1987. \u003ci\u003eIn the Wake\u003c\/i\u003e was the first of his novels to be published in the U.S. \u003ci\u003eOut Stealing Horses\u003c\/i\u003e, his second novel, was published by Graywolf Press in 2007. He lives in Oslo, Norway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50319267987730,"sku":"9780312427047","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_46afd0cf-ae67-469f-afd7-6ed11787978c.jpg?v=1727566605","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-wake-9780312427047","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}