{"product_id":"helene-bessette-twenty-minutes-of-silence","title":"Hélène Bessette: Twenty Minutes of Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFitzcarraldo Editions, 2026, softcover, 180 pages, 12.2 x 19.6 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTwenty Minutes of Silence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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. Composed 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTwenty Minutes of Silence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is 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","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58909564043648,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/31NsLibNRyL._SY445_SX342_ML2.jpg?v=1789400017","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/helene-bessette-twenty-minutes-of-silence","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}