{"product_id":"9780374516314","title":"Coup de Grace","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCoup de Grace\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Marguerite Yourcenar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the Baltic provinces in the aftermath of World War I, \u003ci\u003eCoup de Grace\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of an intimacy that grows between three young people hemmed in by civil war: Erick, a Prussian fighting with the White Russians against the Bolsheviks; Conrad, his best friend from childhood; and Sophie, whose unrequited love for Conrad becomes an unbearable burden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“The eerie effect of [Yourcenar's] prose . . . is all the more extraordinary in that she was not present in Lithuania in the years immediately following World War I.  Her accomplishment is like that of Stephen Crane in \u003ci\u003eThe Red Badge of Courage\u003c\/i\u003e or Stendahl's in the Waterloo chapters of \u003ci\u003eThe Charterhouse of Parma\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003eLouis Auchincloss, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374516314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593180262606,"sku":"9780374516314","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_d6d171c9-4b1a-4992-89f1-daca1e76f95e.jpg?v=1637783278","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374516314","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}