{"product_id":"held-paperback","title":"Held - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Michaels\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA breathtaking, ineffable new novel from the author of the international best sellers \u003ci\u003eFugitive Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Winter Vault\u003c\/i\u003e--a story of love and loyalty across generations, at once sweeping and intimate\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1917. On a battlefield near the River Escaut, John lies in the aftermath of a blast, unable to move or feel his legs. Struggling to focus his thoughts, he is lost to memory as the snow falls--a chance encounter in a pub by a railway, a hot bath with his lover on a winter night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1920. John has returned from war to North Yorkshire, near a different river. He is alive but still not whole. Reunited with Helena, an artist, he reopens his photography business and tries to keep on living. But the past erupts insistently into the present, as ghosts begin to surface in his pictures: ghosts with messages he cannot understand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins a narrative that spans four generations of connections and consequences that ignite and reignite as the century unfolds. In radiant moments of desire, comprehension, longing, and transcendence, the sparks fly upward, working their transformations decades later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeld \u003c\/i\u003eis affecting and intensely beautiful, full of mystery, wisdom, and compassion, a novel by a writer at the height of her powers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Michaels's books have been translated into more than forty-five languages and have won dozens of international awards, including the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Guardian Fiction Prize, and the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction. She has been short-listed for the Governor General's Literary Award and the Griffin Poetry Prize, twice shortlisted for the Giller Prize, and twice long-listed for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Her novel \u003ci\u003eFugitive Pieces \u003c\/i\u003ewas adapted into a feature film. From 2015 to 2019, she was Toronto's poet laureate. She lives in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Booker Prize (2024)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733885816895,"sku":"9780593470848","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/23af952e64b8b95347c9709f3e18755e.webp?v=1765137825","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/held-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}