{"product_id":"open-heart-9780156004848","title":"Open Heart","description":"\"Seductively heady . . . Ingeniously explores the unfathomable mysteries of the heart.\" --\u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young Israeli intern vying for the position of surgeon learns that his internship has been terminated and he has been chosen to accompany the hospital administrator and his wife on a trip to India. There, the couple intend to retrieve their ailing daughter and bring her back to Israel. The long journey awakens urges in the young doctor that will threaten his carefully contained world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJuxtaposing Western realism and Eastern mysticism, Open Heart is an \"astonishing work about love in all its forms. [One that] speaks across the barriers of translation and culture to readers everywhere\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"At times incantatory and magical, sometimes disturbing, and often astonishing . . . Entertains the mind while it captivates the soul.\" --\u003cem\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mind-expanding and poetic, a book that will stay with you long after you have turned its final page.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYehoshua, A. B.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - A. B. YEHOSHUA is the author of numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eMr. Mani, Five Seasons, The Liberated Bride\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Woman in Jerusalem.\u003c\/i\u003e His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and he has received many awards worldwide, including the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Prize and the National Jewish Book Award. He lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911215976722,"sku":"9780156004848","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cd610fdc-b644-4703-ac6c-a03b076e0e98.jpg?v=1738733963","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/open-heart-9780156004848","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}