{"product_id":"9780544157989","title":"The Retrospective","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eYehoshua, A.B.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarperVia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/25\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editors’ Choice\u003cbr\u003eWinner, 2012 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The greatest Hebrew novelist.” — \u003cem\u003eJewish Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn  aging Israeli film director has been invited to the pilgrimage city of  Santiago de Compostela for a retrospective of his work. When Yair Moses  arrives, a painting over his bed triggers a distant memory from one of  his early films: a scene that caused a rift with his brilliant but  difficult screenwriter. Upon his return to Israel, Moses decides to  travel to the south to look for his elusive former partner and propose a  new collaboration. But the screenwriter demands a price for it that  will have strange and lasting consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA searching and original novel by one of the world’s most esteemed writers, \u003cem\u003eThe Retrospective\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on mortality and intimacy, on the limits of memory and the struggle of artistic creation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eThe Retrospective\u003c\/em\u003e] moved me deeply.” — Vivian Gornick, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Yehoshua] achieves an autumnal tone as he ruminates on memory’s slippery hold on life and on art.” —\u003cem\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"HarperVia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43369377071359,"sku":"9780544157989","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780544157989_s600x595.jpg?v=1780333137","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780544157989","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}