{"product_id":"the-furrows-namwali-serpell","title":"The Furrows (Namwali Serpell)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful new novel about grief and mourning from the acclaimed and prize-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Old Drift\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR and \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI don't want to tell you what happened. I want to tell you how it felt.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCassandra is twelve; her little brother Wayne is seven. One day, when they're alone together, there's an accident and Wayne is lost forever. Though his body is never recovered, their mother can't stop searching.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Cassandra grows older, she sees her brother everywhere: in cafes, aeroplane aisles, subway cars. But it can't be, of course. Or can it? And then one day, there's another accident, and she meets a man both mysterious and familiar, a man who shares her brother's name and who is also searching for someone...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'In Namwali Serpell's hands, grief is a kind of possession. The Furrows is a piercing, sharply written novel about the conjuring power of loss' - RAVEN LEILANI, author of Luster\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNamwali Serpell\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Lusaka and lives in New York. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Drift\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the Los Angeles Times's Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Furrows\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and selected as one of The New York Times's Ten Best Books of the Year. Her book of criticism, \u003ci\u003eStranger Faces\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is a professor of English at Harvard University.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 288 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63394105098589,"sku":"K096707387","price":10.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/217538-9670738700001A.jpg?v=1770871319","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-furrows-namwali-serpell","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}