{"product_id":"the-principle-paperback","title":"The Principle - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJérôme Ferrari\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHoward Curtis\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A novelist whose concern with how we should live and what we can believe puts him in the tradition of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOverpopulation, nuclear war, fascism, contemporary capitalism, and climate crisis all play roles in this epistolary novel in which a young philosopher grapples with the life of Werner Heisenberg, the Nobel Prize-winning German physicist.\u003cbr\u003eAs he examines the dark historical events of the early twentieth century alongside the luminous elegance of Heisenberg's theoretical work, the narrator provides an intimate account of his own youthful struggles and desperate attempts to make sense of a fractured, globalized world. How could a man with such a beautiful mind have participated in such atrocities? J r me Ferrari offers a compelling, unflinching vision of the failings of European culture, a hypnotic glimpse into the mysteries of the physical world, and a deeply personal historical interrogation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJérôme Ferrari \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and translator born in 1968 in Paris. His 2012 novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Sermon on the Fall of Rome\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Prix Goncourt. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eWhere I Left My Soul\u003c\/i\u003e (MacLehose, 2012). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor Europa Editions, \u003cb\u003e Howard Curtis \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated five novels by Jean-Claude Izzo, including all three books in his Marseilles trilogy, as well as fiction by Francisco Coloane, Canek Sánchez Guevara, Caryl Férey, and Santiago Gamboa.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701044711487,"sku":"9781609453527","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e4b1f86b640b4923902a4885093e23c8.webp?v=1765019129","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-principle-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}