{"product_id":"9781529949094","title":"In the Absence of Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eVincent comes of age in Paris in the summer of 1916.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith German Zeppelins on the skyline, the men of Paris are off at war. For Vincent, the sixteen-year-old son of a prestigious family, the stillness of the city sits at odds with the candlelit salons he attends at night. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen an electrifying encounter with the enigmatic writer, Marcel P, draws Vincent's desires out into the light, while his ever-riskier liaisons with a young solider begin to shape his future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the First World War tightens its grip, In the Absence of Men captures the urgency of youth and the fragility of love in a world on the brink of catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A short, bold and original novel which beautifully captures the romance and amorality of gilded youth' Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElegant novellas-in-translation, VINTAGE EDITIONS celebrate the audacity and ambition of the written word, transporting readers to wherever in the world literary innovation may be found.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48227308372203,"sku":"EB_LI0700_B01-05_SIMS","price":23.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781529949094-1.jpg?v=1785976027","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781529949094","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}