{"product_id":"the-kindness-of-women-9781631493348","title":"The Kindness of Women","description":"Published in 1991, this semi-autobiographical novel is a daring masterpiece from \"one of the most important and intelligent voices in contemporary fiction\" (Susan Sontag). \"Rueful the way Primo Levi's work was\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), the novel follows fifteen-year-old Jim Graham as he leaves the ruins of postwar Shanghai, only to find that he cannot escape his own obsession with death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBallard, J. G.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJ.G. Ballard\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Shanghai in 1930 and lived in England from 1946 until his death in London in 2009. He is the author of nineteen novels, including \u003cem\u003eEmpire of the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Drought\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCrash\u003c\/em\u003e, with many of them made into major films.","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50422015590674,"sku":"9781631493348","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e8bdf557-f22e-41de-b2d0-21898252a850.jpg?v=1729520228","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-kindness-of-women-9781631493348","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}