{"product_id":"9780393354300","title":"Dogs at the Perimeter","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe second novel by the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author Madeleine Thien is \"beautiful, deeply moving, [and] addresses universal questions\" (\u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Cambodia during the regime of the-Khmer Rouge and in present day Montreal, \u003cem\u003eDogs at the Perimeter\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Janie, who as a child experiences the terrible violence carried out by the Khmer Rouge and loses everything she holds dear. Three decades later, Janie has relocated to Montreal, although the scars of her past remain visible. After abandoning her husband and son and taking refuge in the home of her friend, the scientist Hiroji Matsui, Janie and Hiroji find solace in their shared grief and pain—until Hiroji’s disappearance opens old wounds and Janie finds that she must struggle to find grace in a world overshadowed by the sorrows of her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully realized, deeply affecting, \u003cem\u003eDogs at the Perimeter\u003c\/em\u003e evokes the injustice of tyranny through the eyes of a young girl and draws a remarkable map of the mind’s battle with memory, loss, and the horrors of war. It confirms Madeleine Thien as one of the most gifted and powerful novelists writing today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the International Literature Prize and the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction A Canada Reads Top Forty Book A \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43161345818685,"sku":"9780393354300","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780393354300_p0.jpg?v=1778326204","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780393354300","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}