{"product_id":"the-book-of-aron-9781101872741","title":"The Book of Aron","description":"Small and sullen, Aron is eight years old when his family moves from a rural Polish village to hectic Warsaw. At first gradually and then ever more quickly, his family's opportunities for a better life vanish as the occupying German government imposes harsh restrictions. Officially confined to the Jewish quarter, with hunger, vermin, disease and death all around him, Aron makes his way from apprentice to master smuggler until finally, with everyone for whom he cared stripped away from him, his only option is Janusz Korczak, the renowned doctor, children's rights advocate, and radio host who runs a Jewish orphanage. And Korczak in turn awakens the humanity inside the boy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJIM SHEPARD is the author of six previous novels and four story collections, including \u003ci\u003eLike You'd Understand, Anyway, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a finalist for the National Book Award and won The Story Prize. His short fiction has appeared in, among other magazines, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, McSweeney's, The Paris Review, The Atlantic, Esquire, Tin House, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGranta, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eZoetrope, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVice, \u003c\/i\u003e and has often been selected for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePEN\/O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with his wife and three children, and teaches at Williams College.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50332304703762,"sku":"9781101872741","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dd3f6c80-d33d-476d-b497-7336285d8dd4.jpg?v=1727833661","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-aron-9781101872741","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}