{"product_id":"four-soldiers-by-hubert-mingarelli","title":"Four Soldiers by Hubert Mingarelli","description":"\u003cspan\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2019'I am astonished by Four Soldiers. I have never read anything like it, yet it is one of those books you feel must always have existed, a classic of writing about the human condition... A small miracle' Hilary Mantel1919.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Russian Civil War. It is the harsh dead of winter, as four soldiers set up camp in a forest somewhere near the Romanian front line. There is a lull in the fighting, so their days are filled with precious hours of freedom, enjoying the tranquillity of a nearby pond and trying to forget their terrifying nightmares, all the while talking, smoking and waiting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWaiting for spring to come, waiting for their battalion to move on, waiting for the inevitable resumption of violence. Tightly focused and simply told, this is a story of friendship and the fragments of happiness that can illuminate the darkness of war.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"The Week Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54038026125588,"sku":"nqc1789766402267","price":11.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1011\/7627\/9316\/files\/four-soldiers-by-hubert-mingarelli_1.jpg?v=1789766406","url":"https:\/\/straphemfit.shop\/products\/four-soldiers-by-hubert-mingarelli","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}