{"product_id":"9780811223713","title":"The Trace","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Trace is a masterful, poetic novel about a journey through Mexico taken by a couple recovering from a world shattered. �Driving through the Chihuahua Desert, they retrace the route of nineteenth-century American writer Ambrose Bierce �(who disappeared during the Mexican Revolution) and �try to piece together their lives after a devastating incident involving their adolescent son. With tenderness and precision, Gander explores the intimacies of their relationship as they travel through Mexican towns, through picturesque canyons and desertcapes, on a journey through the the heart of the Mexican landscape. Taking a shortcut �through the brutally hot desert home, their car overheats miles from nowhere, the novel spinning out of control, with devastating consequences. . . . Poet Forrest Gander's first novel As a Friend was acclaimed as \"profound and relentlessly beautiful (Rikki Ducornet). With The Trace, Gander has accomplished another brilliant work, containing unforgettable� poetic descriptions of Mexico and a story both violent and tender.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookmonger","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":52916155318606,"sku":"9780811223713","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/5795\/6174\/files\/9780811223713_eac0dead-4518-4f8e-8d6d-b63f708f94db.jpg?v=1779810199","url":"https:\/\/thebookmongerbearsden.co.uk\/products\/9780811223713","provider":"The Bookmonger","version":"1.0","type":"link"}