{"product_id":"a-brave-man-seven-storeys-tall-paperback","title":"A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWill Chancellor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful and compulsively readable literary debut that introduces Owen Burr--an Olympian whose dreams of greatness are dashed and then transformed by an epic journey--and his father, Professor Joseph Burr, who must travel the world to find his son. After his athletic career ends abruptly, Owen flees the country to become an artist. He lands in Berlin where he meets a group of art monsters living in the Teutonic equivalent of Warhol's Factory. After his son's abrupt disappearance, Burr dusts off his more speculative ideas in a last-ditch effort to command both Owen's and the world's attention. \u003cem\u003eA Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a persuasive vision of faith, ambition, art, family, and the myths we write for ourselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOwen Burr is the gifted and promising captain of the Stanford water polo team. After he suffers a catastrophic injury that destroys his hopes for the future, however, he moves to Berlin to become an artist, and then disappears--compelling his father, Professor Joseph Burr, to travel the world to find him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing a path from California to Athens to Iceland, \u003cem\u003eA Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall\u003c\/em\u003e offers a persuasive vision of faith, ambition, art, family, and the myths we write for ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cb\u003ePaul Lynch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOwen Burr is the gifted and promising captain of the Stanford water polo team. After he suffers a catastrophic injury that destroys his hopes for the future, however, he moves to Berlin to become an artist, and then disappears--compelling his father, Professor Joseph Burr, to travel the world to find him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing a path from California to Athens to Iceland, \u003cem\u003eA Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall\u003c\/em\u003e offers a persuasive vision of faith, ambition, art, family, and the myths we write for ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724736368703,"sku":"9780062280022","price":21.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d687cd12a48cd3edfce3bbbb3de50ac9.webp?v=1765103740","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-brave-man-seven-storeys-tall-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}