{"product_id":"the-man-who-read-books-by-rachid-benzine-translated-by-sam-taylor-preorder","title":"The Man Who Read Books by Rachid Benzine translated by Sam Taylor (Preorder)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs ant-tabs-top ant-tabs-small ant-tabs-card itemTabs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs-content-holder\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs-content ant-tabs-content-top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"ant-tabs-tabpane ant-tabs-tabpane-active\" id=\"rc-tabs-1-panel-description\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"html htmlcolor bm-lnkin-0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease date: November 10th, 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"html htmlcolor bm-lnkin-0\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNOMINATED FOR THE 2026 INNER FREEDOM BOOK PRIZE • Sold in sixteen countries and counting, this international sensation translated from the French tells the story of an elderly bookseller in Palestine for whom literature has provided refuge and inspiration.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young French photographer travels to Palestine to report on the bombings in the Gaza Strip. One morning, during a ceasefire, he wanders far from his hotel into the narrow alleys of the city. Roaming aimlessly, he stumbles across a bookseller sitting on the doorstop of his shop—an old man, surrounded by stacks of books. As the photographer raises his camera, the bookseller calls out to him and asks him to listen to his story, not simply take his picture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story that unfolds is one that encompasses exile and imprisonment, activism and political disillusionment, the joys of love and art and watching your children grow up and thrive, and the tragedies that tear your loved ones from you. Each event is tied to the book that helped him understand and, in some cases, survive it, from the Palestinian poets Mahmoud Darwish and Mourid Barghouti to Gabriel García Márquez, Frantz Fanon and Ernest Hemingway, among many others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachid Benzine gives us a magnificent modern tale that explores the power of words against barbarism, of books as the last bastions of resistance against the loss of empathy, of literature as a means of sustenance during our darkest hours.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nottawa Cottage Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44470528671831,"sku":"9781039059320","price":27.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/6488\/2007\/files\/m_28.jpg?v=1792076275","url":"https:\/\/nottawacottagebookstore.ca\/products\/the-man-who-read-books-by-rachid-benzine-translated-by-sam-taylor-preorder","provider":"Nottawa Cottage Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}