{"product_id":"the-disoriented-9781642860580","title":"The Disoriented","description":"After 25 years in exile, Adam travels from France to his homeland in the Middle East to bid farewell to his dying childhood friend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAMIN MAALOUF\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Beirut. He studied economics and sociology and then worked as an international reporter until the Lebanese Civil War broke out in 1975. Maalouf and his family decided to leave their country and settled in Paris in 1976, where he became editor in chief for the newspaper \u003ci\u003eJeune Afrique\u003c\/i\u003e. He published his first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Crusades Through Arab Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1983. In 1993, \u003ci\u003eThe Rock of Tanios\u003c\/i\u003e, his fifth novel, won the Prix Goncourt, the most prestigious literary award in France. Maalouf is a member of the Académie Française and in 2010 was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature for his entire oeuvre. His work has been translated into fifty languages and his most recent bestselling novel to be published in English is \u003ci\u003eThe Disoriented\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFRANK WYNNE\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator, writer and editor based in London, UK. He has translated numerous French and Hispanic authors including Michel Houellebecq, Patrick Modiano, Javier Cercas, and Virginie Despentes. His work has earned him numerous prizes including the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Scott Moncrieff Prize, and the Premio Valle Inclán. Most recently, his translation of \u003ci\u003eAnimalia\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2020 Republic of Consciousness Prize. He edited the anthology \u003ci\u003eFound in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e collecting a hundred of the finest translated stories from around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669842104594,"sku":"9781642860580","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f6d332b-dc9e-4fd4-ba79-236931e722b7.jpg?v=1733767138","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-disoriented-9781642860580","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}