{"product_id":"the-heart-9781250117915","title":"The Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Bill Gates' \"Five Best Summer Reads\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe basis for the critically-acclaimed film, \u003ci\u003eHeal the Living\u003c\/i\u003e, directed by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatell \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuillévéré and starring Tahar Rahim and Emmanuelle Seigner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbertine Prize Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWellcome Book Prize and the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrench-American Foundation Translation Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust before dawn on a Sunday morning, three teenage boys go surfing. While driving home exhausted, the boys are involved in a fatal car accident on a deserted road. Two of the boys are wearing seat belts; one goes through the windshield. The doctors declare him brain-dead shortly after arriving at the hospital, but his heart is still beating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heart \u003c\/i\u003etakes place over the twenty-four hours surrounding the resulting heart transplant, as life is taken from a young man and given to a woman close to death. In gorgeous, ruminative prose, it examines the deepest feelings of everyone involved as they navigate decisions of life and death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs stylistically audacious as it is emotionally explosive, \u003ci\u003e The Heart \u003c\/i\u003emesmerized readers in France, where it has been hailed as the breakthrough work of a new literary star. With the precision of a surgeon and the language of a poet, de Kerangal has made a major contribution to both medicine and literature with an epic tale of grief, hope, and survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-7675903\"\u003eMaylis De Kerangal\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250117915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250117917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC035000\"\u003eMedical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC101040\"\u003eWorld Literature | France | 21st Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaylis de Kerangal\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several novels in French, including \u003ci\u003eJe marche sous un ciel de \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003etra?ne\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eLa vie voyageuse\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eCorniche Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eNaissance d'un pont\u003c\/i\u003e (published in English as \u003ci\u003eBirth of a Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Prix Franz Hessel and Prix M?dicis in 2010). She has also published a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eNi fleurs ni couronnes\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), and a novella, \u003ci\u003eTangente vers l'est\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 2012 Prix Landerneau). In addition, she has published a fiction tribute to Kate Bush and Blondie titled \u003ci\u003eDans les rapides\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). In 2014, her fifth novel, \u003ci\u003eR?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eparer les vivants\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Heart\u003c\/i\u003e), was published to wide acclaim, and won the Grand Prix RTL-Lire and the Student Choice Novel of the Year from France culture and T?l?rama. She lives in Paris, France.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698291544301,"sku":"9781250117915","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_7f19b94b-e70a-4124-9335-25f311e13bb1.jpg?v=1747441415","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-heart-9781250117915","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}