{"product_id":"island-point-nemo-9781940953625-new","title":"Island of Point Nemo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Those of you who stay with Blas de Roblès's ultimately quite satisfying novel will find yourselves with a new European literary star to steer by.\"--Alan Cheuse, NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stolen diamond and three right feet, wearing shoes of a non-existent brand, that wash ashore in Scotland set into motion the first plot of \u003ci\u003eIsland of Point Nemo\u003c\/i\u003e, a rollicking Jules Verne-like adventure narrative that crosses continents and oceans, involves multilingual codes, a world-famous villain, and three eccentrically loopy detectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRunning parallel is the story of B@bil Books, an e-reader factory in France filled with its own set of colorful characters, including the impotent Dieumercie and his randy wife, who will stop at nothing--including a suspect ritual involving bees--to fix his \"problem,\" and their abusive boss Wang-ilWong, obsessed with carrier pigeons and spying on his employees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the humor of a Jasper Fforde novel, and the structure of a Haruki Murakami one, \u003ci\u003eIsland of Point Nemo\u003c\/i\u003eis a literary puzzle and grand testament to the power of storytelling--even in our digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Algeria, \u003cb\u003eJean-Marie Blas de Roblès\u003c\/b\u003e is a truly international writer, having spent significant time in Brazil, France, Taiwan, and Libya. His novel \u003ci\u003eWhere Tigers Are at Home\u003c\/i\u003e won the Fnac, Giono, and Médicis Prizes. \u003ci\u003eIsland of Point Nemo\u003c\/i\u003e is his ninth novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHannah Chute\u003c\/b\u003e has an MA in translation from the University of Rochester. In 2015, she received the Banff Centre Scholarship to work on \u003ci\u003eIsland of Point Nemo\u003c\/i\u003e, her first full-length translation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OPEN LETTER","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51545313575202,"sku":"9781940953625-new","price":16.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9781940953625.jpg?v=1776421539","url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/products\/island-point-nemo-9781940953625-new","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}