{"product_id":"9780765334565","title":"Peace","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePeace\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Gene Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Hailed as \"one of the literary giants of SF\" by the \u003ci\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/i\u003e, Gene Wolfe has repeatedly won the field's highest honors, including the Nebula, the Hugo, and the World Fantasy awards. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeace \u003c\/i\u003eis Gene Wolfe's first full-length novel, a work that shows the genius that later flourished in such acclaimed works as \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Head of Cerberus \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Book of The New Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1975, \u003ci\u003ePeace \u003c\/i\u003eis a spellbinding, brilliant tour de force of the imagination. The melancholy memoir of Alden Dennis Weer, an embittered old man living out his last days in a small midwestern town, the novel reveals a miraculous dimension as the narrative unfolds. For Weer's imagination has the power to obliterate time and reshape reality, transcending even death itself. Powerfully moving and uncompromisingly honest, \u003ci\u003ePeace \u003c\/i\u003eranks alongside the finest literary works of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A tricky, evil, deep, and remarkable novel by one of America's finest writers.... It is not merely one of my favorite books (although it is certainly that); it is one of a tiny handful of modern novels of which I am in awe.” —Neil Gaiman, author of SANDMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This delicate, insubstantial web of Alden Dennis Weer's memoirs acquires a solidity and a timelessness which may well make it one of Wolfe's most remarkable works.” —\u003ci\u003eSF Site\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Gene Wolfe's] first fantasy novel, \u003ci\u003ePeace\u003c\/i\u003e, may be his finest.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gene Wolfe is the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post on Gene Wolfe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gene Wolfe is unique. If there were forty or fifty of this first-rate author—no, let’s be reasonable and ask Higher Authorities for only four or five—American literature as a whole would be enormously enriched.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765334565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Orb Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40633867567310,"sku":"9780765334565","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_bab016dd-0e7f-4f56-ae8e-cfcb6619cb08.jpg?v=1638927193","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765334565","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}