{"product_id":"patagonian-hare-9780374534219","title":"Patagonian Hare","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Even if I lived a hundred lives, I still wouldn't be exhausted.\" These words capture the intensity of the experiences of Claude Lanzmann, a man whose acts have always been a negation of resignation: a member of the French Resistance at sixteen, a friend to Jean-Paul Sartre and a lover to Simone de Beauvoir, and the director of movies including one of the most important films in the history of cinema, \u003ci\u003eShoah\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these pages, Lanzmann composes a hymn to life that flows from memory yet has the rhythm of a novel, as tumultuous as it is energetic. \u003ci\u003eThe Patagonian Hare \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a man who has searched at every moment for existential adventure, who has committed himself deeply to what he believes in, and who has made his life a battle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Patagonian Hare\u003c\/i\u003e, a number-one bestseller in France, has been translated into Spanish, German, Italian, Hebrew, Polish, Dutch, and Portuguese. Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann's brilliant memoir has been widely acclaimed as a masterpiece, was hailed as \"a true literary and historic event\" in the pages of \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e, and was awarded the prestigious Welt-Literaturpreis in Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaude Lanzmann is a French writer and the director of a number of films, including the nine-and-a-half-hour classic \u003ci\u003eShoah \u003c\/i\u003e(1985), which was described by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePost \u003c\/i\u003eas \"the film event of the century\" and is regarded internationally as a historical and cinematic breakthrough. Lanzmann is chief editor of \u003ci\u003eLes Temps Modernes\u003c\/i\u003e, which was founded by Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503277543698,"sku":"9780374534219","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_44158b48-64e5-4b4f-8259-9f384ad03973.jpg?v=1730787154","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/patagonian-hare-9780374534219","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}