{"product_id":"annihilation-a-novel","title":"Annihilation: A Novel","description":"Michel Houellebecq’s international bestseller― a thrilling, ambitious, and unexpectedly tender chronicle of modern existence.\n\nIt is 2027. France is in a state of economic decline and moral decay.\n\nAs the country plunges into a contentious presidential race, the government falls victim to a series of mysterious and unsettling cyberattacks in which videos of brutal decapitations and skillfully crafted deepfakes proliferate on the web.\n\nPaul Raison’s own troubles are bound up with those of the country. He is an adviser to the finance minister; his wife, Prudence, is a Treasury official; and his father, Édouard, now retired, spent his career in the security services. Paul, badly overworked, is facing the threat of separation from his wife. When his father suddenly suffers a stroke, Paul must depart Paris for his provincial hometown, where he and his siblings now have the opportunity to repair their strained relationships with Édouard as they determine to free him from the decrepit public nursing home where he is wasting away.\n\nMichel Houellebecq’s Annihilation reveals a new dimension of his oeuvre, adding compassion and tenderness to the irony and cutting insight that brought him international fame. Here, we see France’s most celebrated novelist taking stock of his country on the eve of great change―asking how, and whether, a society and its people can change course.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374608423\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0374608423.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Whiteside, Shaun|Houellebecq, Michel\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43650055045181,"sku":"BVV.0374608423.G","price":9.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0374608423-0.jpg?v=1789854178","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/annihilation-a-novel","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}