{"product_id":"for-rouenna-paperback","title":"For Rouenna (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most celebrated novelists of her generation, the story of a woman's experiences of war and an unusual friendship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Resonant and provocative' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of my favourite authors' \u003c\/b\u003eNATALIE PORTMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI did not remember a Rouenna Zycinski. I was sure I had never known her. But many years ago, according to her letter, we had been neighbors in the same public housing project, on Staten Island.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA writer receives a letter from an old acquaintance, recalling their shared childhood and asking if they can meet. Though fascinated by the stories Rouenna tells about her life as a combat nurse in Vietnam, the narrator flatly declines her request that they collaborate on a memoir. It is only later, in the aftermath of Rouenna's shocking death, that the narrator is drawn to write about her friend - and her friend's war. Writing Rouenna's story becomes all-consuming: at once a necessity and the only consolation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eFor Rouenna\u003c\/i\u003e is about everything: war and remembrance, how we invent our \"selves\" and why; why we kill ourselves - or live. I was dazzled by this book' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Beautifully written . . . mesmerizing . . . enthralling' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eO, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An entirely different kind of war novel . . . What emerges is something that feels like truth'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sigrid Nunez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67662992375986,"sku":"9780349021928","price":305.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9780349021928.jpg?v=1791508565","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/for-rouenna-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}