{"product_id":"gjak","title":"Gjak","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA modern classic from Greece, now in English for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreece, a hundred years ago: in the aftermath of the Greco-Turkish War, young men return from the battlefield, forever changed by what they have seen and done. They come home seeking revenge or forgiveness; all of them grieving. They might have survived the war, but peace does not come easily. The men are marked. These are their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as the most important Greek novel of the twenty-first century, \u003ci\u003eGjak\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds in an unnamed Arvanite village  a closed rural community governed by its own codes of honour. Binding each soldier's story is the red thread of \u003ci\u003egjak\u003c\/i\u003e itself: an Arvanitic word meaning blood, bloodline, blood feud, and nation. With this thread, these interconnected tales are woven into one powerful, haunting portrait of a world in violent transition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peirene Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57533249323352,"sku":"9781916806245","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781916806245.jpg?v=1781784090","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/gjak","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}