{"product_id":"the-last-summer-of-reason-paperback-softback-9780803215917","title":"The Last Summer of Reason (Paperback \/ softback) 9780803215917","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Last Summer of Reason\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTahar Djaout (Author), Marjolijn de Jager (Translated by), Alek Baylee Toumi (Introduction by), Wole Soyinka (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780803215917\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages, none\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 0.9 cm, 0.181 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Last Summer of \u003c\/i\u003eReason has acquired a new and haunting immediacy since the attacks of September 11. . . . Deftly translated from the French by Marjolijn de Jager, and with a foreword by Wole Soyinka, the novel provides an anguished dispatch from what nearly became Algeria's future. . . . An elegiac ode to literature and a furious protest against intolerance.\"—Adam Shatz, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"One is reminded of how life-affirming and dangerous literature still can be.\"—\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Last Summer of Reason p\u003c\/i\u003erovides a powerful and strangely beautiful reminder of the danger of letting violent ideological fundamentalism fester. We would do well to heed this reminder now, not later.\"—Jennifer Bryson, \u003ci\u003ePublic Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis elegant, haunting novel takes us deep into the world of bookstore owner Boualem Yekker. He lives in a country being overtaken by the Vigilant Brothers, a radically conservative party that seeks to control every element of life according to the laws of their stringent moral theology: no work of beauty created by human hands should rival the wonders of their god. Once-treasured art and literature are now despised.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSilently holding his ground, Boualem withstands the new regime, using the shop and his personal history as weapons against puritanical forces. Readers are taken into the lush depths of the bookseller's dreams, the memories of his now-empty family life, his passion for literature, then yanked back into the terror and drudgery of his daily routine by the vandalism, assaults, and death warrants that afflict him.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFrom renowned Algerian author Tahar Djaout we inherit a brutal and startling story that reveals how far an ordinary human being will go to maintain hope. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eForeword\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSermon 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Vigilant Brothers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhen will the quake happen?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe summer when time stopped\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePilgrim of the new times\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Good whose substance the Almighty established\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe nocturnal tribunal\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe binding text\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA dream shaped like madness\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe future is a closed door\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe message suppressed\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFor that we will live, for that we will die...\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTherapists of the spirit\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOne should come from nowhere\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe unknown arbiter\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn to have a body\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDoes death make noise as it moves?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656098443544,"sku":"9780803215917","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-last-summer-of-reason-paperback-softback-9780803215917","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}