{"product_id":"go-went-gone-9781846276224b","title":"Go, Went, Gone","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eRichard has spent his life as a university professor, immersed in the world of books and ideas. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eRecently retired, he steps into the streets of his city, Berlin, and discovers a new community. A tent city has grown up on Oranienplatz, established by African asylum seekers. Hesitantly getting to know the people there, Richard finds his life changing, as he begins to question his own sense of belonging in a city that once divided its citizens into them and us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once a passionate contribution to the debate on race, and a beautifully written examination of an ageing man's quest for meaning, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGo, Went, Gone \u003c\/span\u003eshowcases one of the great contemporary European novelists at the height of her powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'Profound, beautiful and deeply affecting... [An] extraordinary novel, bearing unflinching testament to history as it unfolds' Neel Mukherjee, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew Statesman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of Europe's most highly regarded writers... Erpenbeck's most significant work to date' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822937444432,"sku":"9781846276224B","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781846276224-l.jpg?v=1785890176","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/go-went-gone-9781846276224b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}