{"product_id":"son-of-nobody-a-novel","title":"Son of Nobody","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"166\" data-end=\"371\"\u003eFrom the author of the international bestseller\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eLife of Pi comes a brilliant retelling of the Trojan War, seen through the eyes of two very different outsiders: an ancient soldier and a modern scholar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"727\"\u003eThe Psoad is an Ancient Greek epic in free verse that follows Psoas of Midea, the son of a goatherd, who leaves his family behind to fight with the Greeks at Troy. His story, long forgotten by history, is rediscovered nearly thirty centuries later by Harlow Donne, a Canadian academic who has left his own wife and daughter behind to study at Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"729\" data-end=\"1109\"\u003eAs the sole translator and interpreter of The Psoad, Harlow dedicates the poem—and its footnotes—to his daughter, Helen. Under his careful eye, a personal message emerges from the ancient text, like a palimpsest bridging millennia. Despite the distance of time and place, the lives of Psoas and Harlow are bound by the same threads: longing, regret, love, ambition, and grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1436\"\u003eSon of Nobody sweeps readers from the plains of Troy to the halls of Oxford, blending the classical with the contemporary, the epic with the intimate. It is a dazzling exploration of myth, history, and domesticity, examining how stories endure, the costs of preserving them, and the timeless human experiences they carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1438\" data-end=\"1476\"\u003eIncludes 6 illustrations and 4 maps\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Offline Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471434334260,"sku":"9781324118138","price":480.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/7388\/6004\/files\/9781324118138.jpg?v=1770157841","url":"https:\/\/offlinebooks.com\/products\/son-of-nobody-a-novel","provider":"Offline Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}