{"product_id":"book-7264","title":"The Wanting","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eNot Me\u003c\/i\u003e, this powerful novel of an Israeli father and daughter brings to life a rich canvas of events and unexpected change in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the captivating opening of this novel, the celebrated Russian-born modern architect Roman Guttman is injured in a bus bombing; his life and perceptions become heightened and disturbed, leading him on an ill-advised journey into the desert and Palestinian territory. Roman's odyssey alternates with the vivacious, bittersweet diary of his thirteen-year-old daughter Anyusha-on her own perilous path, of which Roman is ignorant-and the startlingly alive observations of Amir, the young Palestinian who pushed the button and is now damned to watch the havoc he has wrought from a shaky beyond. Enriched also by flashbacks to the alluring, sad tale of Anyusha's mother, a Russian refusenik who died for her beliefs, this novel becomes a poignant study of the costs of extremism, but it is most satisfying as a story of characters enmeshed in their imperfect love for one another and for the heartbreakingly complex world in which all such love is wrought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49301288550704,"sku":"BD7264","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49301288616240,"sku":"ZE7264","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49301288649008,"sku":"ZM7264","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/7264-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775713082","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-7264","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}