{"product_id":"the-heart-9781250117915","title":"The Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Bill Gates' \"Five Best Summer Reads\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe basis for the critically-acclaimed film, \u003ci\u003eHeal the Living\u003c\/i\u003e, directed by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatell \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuillévéré and starring Tahar Rahim and Emmanuelle Seigner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbertine Prize Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWellcome Book Prize and the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrench-American Foundation Translation Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust before dawn on a Sunday morning, three teenage boys go surfing. While driving home exhausted, the boys are involved in a fatal car accident on a deserted road. Two of the boys are wearing seat belts; one goes through the windshield. The doctors declare him brain-dead shortly after arriving at the hospital, but his heart is still beating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heart \u003c\/i\u003etakes place over the twenty-four hours surrounding the resulting heart transplant, as life is taken from a young man and given to a woman close to death. In gorgeous, ruminative prose, it examines the deepest feelings of everyone involved as they navigate decisions of life and death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs stylistically audacious as it is emotionally explosive, \u003ci\u003e The Heart \u003c\/i\u003emesmerized readers in France, where it has been hailed as the breakthrough work of a new literary star. With the precision of a surgeon and the language of a poet, de Kerangal has made a major contribution to both medicine and literature with an epic tale of grief, hope, and survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaylis de Kerangal\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several novels in French, including \u003ci\u003eJe marche sous un ciel de \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003etraîne\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eLa vie voyageuse\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eCorniche Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eNaissance d'un pont\u003c\/i\u003e (published in English as \u003ci\u003eBirth of a Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Prix Franz Hessel and Prix Médicis in 2010). She has also published a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eNi fleurs ni couronnes\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), and a novella, \u003ci\u003eTangente vers l'est\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 2012 Prix Landerneau). In addition, she has published a fiction tribute to Kate Bush and Blondie titled \u003ci\u003eDans les rapides\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). In 2014, her fifth novel, \u003ci\u003eRé\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eparer les vivants\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Heart\u003c\/i\u003e), was published to wide acclaim, and won the Grand Prix RTL-Lire and the Student Choice Novel of the Year from France culture and Télérama. She lives in Paris, France.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50630395658514,"sku":"9781250117915","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_46919c2d-d19e-465b-b418-b888ac089e03.jpg?v=1732750790","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-heart-9781250117915","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}