{"product_id":"twenty-minutes-of-silence","title":"Twenty Minutes of Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003cem\u003eTwenty Minutes of Silence\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComposed 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, \u003cem\u003eTwenty Minutes of Silence \u003c\/em\u003eis a vital interrogation of the powerlessness of childhood, the compromises of adulthood, and the conventions of the novel itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated by Katie Briggs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions\u003cbr\u003ePages: 172\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1804272159\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781804272152\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Helene Bessette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53411151872266,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781804272152.jpg?v=1784724182","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/twenty-minutes-of-silence","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}