{"product_id":"twenty-minutes-of-silence","title":"Twenty Minutes of Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a family home in the north of France, a crime has been committed. But a crime of what order? Who exactly is the victim and who, if anyone, is the criminal? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Twenty Minutes of Silence, Hélène Bessette unleashes a polyphonic investigation, multiplying perspectives, contradictions, questions and doubts. Everything in this high-octane drama is subject to change, including the lighting and the basic facts of the case.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComposed in her signature poetic prose style, Bessette’s novella builds a world punctured by startling disruptions and unexpected shifts, and in doing so destroys and remakes the crime novel, creating a form wholly new. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDevastating and exuberant, Twenty Minutes of Silence is a vital interrogation of the powerlessness of childhood, the compromises of adulthood, and the conventions of the novel itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Helene Bessette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58248054702467,"sku":"9781804272152","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/twentyminutesofsilence.png?v=1781524828","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.com\/products\/twenty-minutes-of-silence","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}