{"title":"Books | Adult Fiction | Historical Fiction","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-safekeep-hardcover","title":"The Safekeep - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYael Van Der Wouden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Remarkable...Compelling...Fine and taut...Indelible\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e - \"Mesmerizing and shockingly good...I was utterly blown away.\" --Miranda Cowley Heller, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Palace \u003c\/i\u003e- \"A brilliant debut, as multifaceted as a gem.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) - \"Moving, unnerving, and deeply sexy.\" --Tracy Chevalier, author of \u003ci\u003eGirl with the Pearl Earring\u003c\/i\u003e - \"Fans of Patricia Highsmith and Ottessa Moshfegh's \u003ci\u003eEileen\u003c\/i\u003e will find much to admire here.\"--\u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961--a powerful exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA house is a precious thing...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother's country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be--led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his graceless new girlfriend Eva, leaving her at Isabel's doorstep as a guest, to stay for the season. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEva is Isabel's antithesis: she sleeps late, walks loudly through the house, and touches things she shouldn't. In response, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession, and when things start disappearing around the house--a spoon, a knife, a bowl--Isabel's suspicions begin to spiral. In the sweltering peak of summer, Isabel's paranoia gives way to infatuation--leading to a discovery that unravels all Isabel has ever known. The war might not be well and truly over after all, and neither Eva--nor the house in which they live--are what they seem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMysterious, sophisticated, sensual, and infused with intrigue, atmosphere, and sex, \u003ci\u003eThe Safekeep\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly plotted and provocative debut novel you won't soon forget.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.5 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47504495706326,"sku":"9781668034347","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/7782\/6518\/files\/kMXv80SqNn9781668034347.webp?v=1763520671"},{"product_id":"a-farewell-to-arms-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","title":"A Farewell to Arms: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErnest Hemingway\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAbraham Verghese\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHemingway's beloved novel of doomed love during wartime, now available for the first time from Penguin Classics, with a new foreword by Abraham Verghese, the multimillion-copy bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Covenant of Water \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCutting for Stone\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged paper \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Farewell to Arms \u003c\/i\u003eis one of Ernest Hemingway's most popular books, a masterpiece that is not only among the greatest novels to come out of World War I but also one of the most profoundly moving in the American canon. Based on Hemingway's own experience volunteering with the Red Cross in Italy during World War I, and written when he was only thirty, it tells the story of Frederic Henry, an American ambulance driver, and Catherine Barkley, an English nurse. For Frederic, Catherine's kindness and beauty shore him up against the carnage of battle; for Catherine, Frederic's strength and devotion are a lifeboat in the sea of grief over her first love. Through injury, surgery, and the psychic fallout of war, they maintain an overwhelming desire to be together, even as forces conspire to keep them apart. Hemingway captures the intensity of both love and war with the taut immediacy and spare, understated eloquence that are his hallmarks, reminding us why this novel--his first bestseller--endures as a favorite, and why the Nobel laureate ranks among our most treasured writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnest Hemingway\u003c\/b\u003e (1889-1961) wrote in a clear, spare, deceptively simple style that made him one of the most admired and imitated authors of the twentieth century. 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