{"product_id":"9781804272152","title":"Twenty Minutes of Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a family home in the north of France, a crime has been committed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut a crime of what order? Who exactly is the victim and who, if anyone, is the criminal?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTwenty Minutes of Silence\u003c\/em\u003e, Hélène Bessette unleashes a polyphonic investigation, multiplying perspectives, contradictions, questions and doubts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything in this high-octane drama is subject to change, including the lighting and the basic facts of the case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDevastating and exuberant, \u003cem\u003eTwenty Minutes of Silence\u003c\/em\u003e is a vital interrogation of the powerlessness of childhood, the compromises of adulthood, and the conventions of the novel itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Kate Briggs\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Times","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50564144201974,"sku":"9781804272152","price":89.95,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/8050\/3286\/files\/81f_uiZ2GgL._SL1500.jpg?v=1777452057","url":"https:\/\/shop.litbooks.com.my\/products\/9781804272152","provider":"Lit Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}