{"product_id":"the-krull-house-by-georges-simenon","title":"The Krull House By Georges Simenon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: 01\/10\/2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: Fiction - France - Crime - Classics - Belgium - French Literature - Novels\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Vintage Simenon, a dark masterpiece . . . eerily prophetic' John Banville,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eIt's not because you're foreigners. It's because you aren't foreign enough . . . or else that you are too foreign'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust as the Krull house sits on the edge of a rural French town, the family occupies a marginal place in the life of the community around them. Snubbed by the locals despite having lived there for decades, they rely on trade with passing sailors to earn a living. When their relative arrives unannounced from Germany, with his unsettling, nonchalant ways, the family becomes the target of increasing suspicion and the scapegoat for a terrible crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten on the eve of the Second World War,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Krull House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a taut, strangely prophetic novel about how distrust and hostility towards outsiders descends into hate-filled violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Simenon lays out with ruthless exactitude the way selfish, conscience-free greed exploits modest, hospitable decency . . . The world of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChez Krull\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a common, shared one' Julian Barnes,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"publisher-information\" class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780241453414\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e208\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e197\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e131\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e13\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e172 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish (Language of text), French (Original language of a translated text)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53301910438201,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/91fDhdO4NSL._SL1500.jpg?v=1779043122","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/the-krull-house-by-georges-simenon","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}