{"product_id":"round-other-cold-hard-facts","title":"Round \u0026 Other Cold Hard Facts","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRound \u0026amp; Other Cold Hard Facts\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJ M G Le Clezio\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780803280076\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBison Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2002\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet largely in locations near the French Riviera, these eleven short stories depict the harsh realities of life for the less-privileged inhabitants of this very privileged region. Distinguished French writer J. M. G. Le Clézio lends his voice to the dispossessed and explores his familiar themes of alienation, immigration, poverty, violence, indifference, the loss of beauty, and the betrayal of innocence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn one story an adolescent girl encounters the violence of a gang of masked bikers in a hostile and desolate housing project. In others a man stands by helplessly as a place of great beauty and deep childhood memory is slowly consumed and destroyed by a quickly developing city, an illegal immigrant desperate for work finds himself the prisoner of a ring trafficking in human beings, and two girls risk everything by running away from home and their dead-end factory jobs in search of a more meaningful life. At once tragic and evocative, these engrossing and beautifully crafted stories touch upon the loss of human values in a rapidly changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Round \u0026 Other Cold Hard Facts | J M G Le Clezio | Paperback | 9780803280076 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1604414","offer_id":48312979619992,"sku":"1604414","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81r9DnOHmzL.jpg?v=1773158618","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/round-other-cold-hard-facts","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}