{"product_id":"03-a-novel-paperback-2","title":"03: A Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean-Christophe Valtat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMitzi Angel\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bus stop across the street, it was hard to tell, but suddenly I understood, seeing the passengers in the van that picked her up every morning, that she was slightly retarded. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA precocious teenager in a French suburb finds himself powerfully, troublingly drawn to the girl he sees every day on the way to school. As he watches and thinks about her, his daydreams--full of lyrics from Joy Division and the Smiths, fairy tales, \u003ci\u003eFlowers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003efor Algernon\u003c\/i\u003e, sexual desire and fear, loneliness, rage for escape, impatience to grow up--reveal an entire adolescence. And this fleeting erotic obsession, remembered years later, blossoms into a meditation on what it means to be a smart kid, what it means to be dumb, and what it means to be in love with another person. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e03 \u003c\/i\u003eis a book about young love like none you have ever read. It marks the English-language debut of a unique French writer--one of the great stylists of his generation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Christophe Valtat \u003c\/b\u003eteaches comparative literature at Clermont-Ferrand University. He is the author of two novels and a story collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMitzi Angel \u003c\/b\u003eis the publisher of Faber and Faber, Inc.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.08 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 22, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47479630921949,"sku":"9780374100216","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/XPNwSOn1nY9780374100216_8ac61fcd-8f35-4eb0-a3a3-d9974e712e8c.webp?v=1771781714","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/03-a-novel-paperback-2","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}