{"product_id":"ravel-9781595586704","title":"Ravel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A tiny miracle of a biographical novel\" inspired by the life of the brilliant French composer (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This beguiling and original evocation of the last ten years in the life of a musical genius opens in 1927 as Maurice Ravel--dandy, eccentric, curmudgeon--crosses the Atlantic aboard the luxury liner the \u003ci\u003eSS France\u003c\/i\u003e to begin his triumphant grand tour of the United States. With flashes of sly, quirky humor, this novel captures the folly of the era as well as its genius, and the personal and professional life of the sartorially and socially splendid ravel over the course of a decade. From a winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt, \u003ci\u003eRavel \u003c\/i\u003eis a touching literary portrait of a dignified and lonely man going reluctantly into the night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A beautifully musical little novel.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The most distinctive voice of his generation.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Echenoz\u003c\/b\u003e won France's prestigious Prix Goncourt for \u003ci\u003eI'm Gone\u003c\/i\u003e (The New Press). He is the author of five previous novels in English translation and the winner of numerous literary prizes. \u003cb\u003eLinda Coverdale\u003c\/b\u003e is a past winner of the Scott Moncrieff Prize, a French-American Foundation Translation Prize, and the International IMPAC Dublin Award. She has translated almost fifty books, many of them for the New Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50358911369490,"sku":"9781595586704","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6103a480-cf02-4716-8bf6-1a37f2b1d10e.jpg?v=1728348333","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ravel-9781595586704","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}