{"product_id":"street-of-thieves-9781940953014","title":"Street of Thieves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A tremendous accomplishment. . . . Énard's Zone is, in short, one of the best books of the year\"--\u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExiled from his family for religious transgressions related to his feelings for his cousin, Lakhdar finds himself on the streets of Barcelona hiding from both the police and the Muslim Group for the Propagation of Koranic Thoughts, a group he worked for in Tangier not long after being thrown out on the streets by his father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLakhdar's transformations--from a boy into a man, from a devout Muslim into a sinner--take place against some of the most important events of the past few years: the violence and exciting eruption of the Arab Spring and the devastating collapse of Europe's economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf all of that isn't enough, Lakhdar reunites with a childhood friend--one who is planning an assassination, a murder Lakhdar opposes. A finalist for the prestigious Prix Goncourt, \u003ci\u003eStreet of Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e solidifies Énard's place as one of France's most ambitious and keyed-in contemporary novelists. This book may even suprpass Énard's earlier work, \u003ci\u003eZone\u003c\/i\u003e, which Christophe Claro boldly declared to be \"the novel of the decade, if not of the century.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMathias Énard\u003c\/b\u003e studied Persian and Arabic and spent long periods in the Middle East. A professor of Arabic at the University of Barcelona, he won the Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie and the Prix Edmée de la Rochefoucauld for his first novel, \u003ci\u003eLa perfection du tir.\u003c\/i\u003e He has been awarded many prizes for \u003ci\u003eZone\u003c\/i\u003e, including the Prix du Livre Inter and the Prix Décembre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Mandell\u003c\/b\u003e has translated works from a number of important French authors, including Proust, Flaubert, Genet, Maupassant, and Blanchot, among others. She received a Literary Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for her translation of Énard's \u003ci\u003eZone\u003c\/i\u003e along with a French Voices grant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMathias Énard\u003c\/b\u003e studied Persian and Arabic and spent long periods in the Middle East. A professor of Arabic at the University of Barcelona, he won the Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie and the Prix Edmée de la Rochefoucauld for his first novel, \u003ci\u003eLa perfection du tir.\u003c\/i\u003e He has been awarded many prizes for \u003ci\u003eZone\u003c\/i\u003e, including the Prix du Livre Inter and the Prix Décembre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Mandell\u003c\/b\u003e has translated works from a number of important French authors, including Proust, Flaubert, Genet, Maupassant, and Blanchot, among others. She received a Literary Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for her translation of Énard's \u003ci\u003eZone\u003c\/i\u003e along with a French Voices grant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50365855400210,"sku":"9781940953014","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c9abc6cb-19f5-4ac9-bcbd-687a61b0fa49.jpg?v=1728465182","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/street-of-thieves-9781940953014","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}