{"product_id":"9781935639985","title":"The Boatmaker","description":"By: John Benditt     \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2016 PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart fable, part allegory, \u003ci\u003eThe Boatmaker\u003c\/i\u003e is the haunting and passionate story of a voyage of self-discovery.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fierce and complicated man wakes from a fever dream compelled to build a boat and sail away from the isolated island where he was born. Encountering the wider world for the first time, the reluctant hero falls into a destructive love affair, is swept up into a fanatical religious movement, and finds himself a witness to racial hatred unlike anything he’s ever known. The boatmaker is tempted, beaten, and betrayed: his journey marked by chilling episodes of violence and horror while he struggles to summon the strength to make his own way. The Boatmaker is a fable for our times, a passionate love story, and an odyssey of self-discovery.","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":49020709798115,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781935639985","price":102.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781935639985.jpg?v=1779892953","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/products\/9781935639985","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}