{"product_id":"purity","title":"Purity","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAndrzej Tichý\u003c\/h2\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eTranslated by: Nichola Smalley\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003e2021 Nordic Council Literature Prize Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories in \u003ci\u003ePurity\u003c\/i\u003e take the reader through cities and suburbs, apartments and streets, to find characters struggling to survive in modern society: a man has an outburst on a bus; a fugitive finds insight in a color wheel; a social realist kills his friend with a hammer; a thief finds himself in books. And cleaners reluctantly go on cleaning.\u003cbr\u003eWith gravity and humor, against the backdrop of a violent civilization, people are depicted as fallen, or waiting to fall, rendered by Tichý with the fury, compassion and emotional complexity of Kendrick Lamar.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Raincoast","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59889503502622,"sku":"9781913505981","price":30.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/3584\/9246\/files\/9781913505981.jpg?v=1788541046","url":"https:\/\/www.cedarcanoebooks.com\/products\/purity","provider":"Cedar Canoe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}