{"product_id":"9781804272152","title":"Twenty Minutes of Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Bessette, Helene | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) \u003cbr\u003ePublished 18\/06\/2026 by Fitzcarraldo Editions in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 180 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 121mm | 0g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a family home in the north of France, a crime has been committed. But a crime of what order? Who exactly is the victim and who, if anyone, is the criminal? In Twenty Minutes of Silence, Hélène Bessette unleashes a polyphonic investigation, multiplying perspectives, contradictions, questions and doubts. Everything in this high-octane drama is subject to change, including the lighting and the basic facts of the case. Composed in her signature poetic prose style, Bessette’s novella builds a world punctured by startling disruptions and unexpected shifts, and in doing so destroys and remakes the crime novel, creating a form wholly new. Devastating and exuberant, Twenty Minutes of Silence is a vital interrogation of the powerlessness of childhood, the compromises of adulthood, and the conventions of the novel itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57173392261495,"sku":"9781804272152","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9781804272152.jpg?v=1781347349","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781804272152","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}