{"product_id":"seven-houses-in-france-a-novel-by-bernardo-atxaga","title":"Seven Houses in France: A Novel \/ by Bernardo Atxaga","description":"\u003cp\u003eGraywolf, 2011. Trade pb. VG. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA brooding novel of colonial intrigue in the Congo, from the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Accordionist's Son\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eObabakoak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe year is 1903, and the garrison of Yangambi on the banks of the Congo is under the command of Captain Lalande Biran. The captain is also a poet whose ambition is to amass a fortune and return to the literary cafés of Paris. His glamorous wife, Christine, has a further ambition: to own seven houses in France, a house for every year he has been abroad. At Lalande Biran's side are the ex-legionnaire van Thiegel, a brutal womanizer, and the servile, treacherous Donatien, who dreams of running a brothel. The officers spend their days guarding enslaved rubber-tappers and kidnapping young girls, and at their hands the jungle is transformed into a wild circus of human ambition and absurdity. But everything changes with the arrival of a new officer and brilliant marksman: the enigmatic Chrysostome Liege. An outstanding new novel from the critically acclaimed and prizewinning author Bernardo Atxaga, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSeven Houses in France\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a blackly comic tale which reveals the darkest sides of human desire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DESIERTO BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46659817177254,"sku":null,"price":10.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/atxaga.jpg?v=1757616585","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/seven-houses-in-france-a-novel-by-bernardo-atxaga","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}