{"product_id":"paris-noir-the-suburbs-akashic-noir-series-9781636140773","title":"Paris Noir: The Suburbs: Akashic Noir Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeaturing brand-new stories by: Clo? Mehdi, Karim Madani, Insa San?, Christian Roux, Marc Villard, Jean-Pierre Rumeau, Timoth?e Demeillers, Rachid Santaki, Marc Fernandez, Guillaume Balsamo, Anne Secret, Anne-Sylvie Salzman, and Patrick P?cherot. (All stories were written in French and translated into English by Katie Shireen Assef, David Ball, Nicole Ball, and Paul Curtis Daw.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the introduction by Herv? Delouche: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe term Greater Paris is in vogue today, for it has an administrative cachet and seems to denote a simple extension of the capital--as if a ravenous Paris need only extend her web. However, it was not our goal to embrace the tenets of the metro area's comprehensive plan, aka the \u003c\/em\u003eGrand Projet\u003cem\u003e, envisioned as a future El Dorado by the planners and developers. Rather, our aim was to depict the Parisian suburbs in all their plurality and diversity. Without pretending to encompass every spot on the map, we instead opted to give voice and exposure to the localities chosen by the writers who have been part of this adventure. Thus, we decided to adopt the word \"suburbs\"-- in the plural, obviously, for the periphery of the capital is not a homogeneous bloc, nor is it reducible to a clich? like \"the suburban ring\" . . . Here are thirteen stories, decidedly noir, to be savored without sugar or sweetener.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerv? Delouche is a noir literature specialist, columnist, conference moderator, and noir festival coordinator. He was in charge of the full reissue of Jean Meckert's work for ?ditions Jo?lle Losfeld, and he works as a copy editor for the French publishers Gallmeister, Rivages, and le Seuil. From 2007 to 2016 he was the president of 813, the first French association of noir literature lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50864059318546,"sku":"9781636140773","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20331f76-6050-4ee9-bad1-4e2cf47ca809.jpg?v=1737649857","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/paris-noir-the-suburbs-akashic-noir-series-9781636140773","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}