{"product_id":"9781843519669","title":"The Fourth Wall","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"black\"\u003eBeirut, 1982, at the outbreak of the second Israeli invasion of Lebanon, and the young French activist George has been tasked by his old friend Samuel - a Greek Jewish resistance fighter and theatre director - with staging a performance of Jean Anouilh's \u003cem\u003eAntigone\u003c\/em\u003e in the Lebanese city.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"black\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"black\"\u003eWith a cast composed of those on all sides - Palestinian, Christian, Druze, Jewish, Shiite, Sunni, Chaldean and Armenian - and a stage caught amid the chaos and destruction of the approaching war, George and Sam hope that this radical act of art may spark the beginnings of peace and reconciliation. Their aspirations, however, are soon confronted by the brutal realities of the conflict and the true price of violence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"black\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"black\"\u003eProfound, harrowing and as urgently relevant as ever, \u003cem\u003eThe Fourth Wall\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning literary novel, informed by the author's own experiences as a journalist in the Middle East.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"black\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eWinner of the Prix Goncourt des lycéens and le Choix de l'Orient. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"The Lilliput Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57008335651189,"sku":"9781843519669","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781843519669.jpg?v=1774853850","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781843519669","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}