{"product_id":"rust-and-bone-a-novel","title":"Rust And Bone: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart ComingOfAge Story And Part Family Drama, Set Against The Harsh Backdrop Of World War Ii Ukraine And Germany.Where Does One Seek Refuge When All The WorldS Gone Mad?The Last Winter Of The War Comes As Young Jakob FritschS German Village In Ukraine Is Torched By Russian Troops. Separated From His Mother And Younger Brother, HeS Shoved Onto A TrainS Stock Car. Rumors Float Among Them; TheyRe Being Taken To A Work Camp Over The Urals, Where They Will Be Worked To Death.As Morning Dawns, A Lone Stuka Dives From The Sky, Dropping Its Bomb On The Locomotive, And The Stock Cars Are Blown From The Tracks, Tipped, And Smashed. Through Splintered Boards, Jakob And Others Scramble Out, Running For The Surrounding Woods As The Russian Guards Begin Shooting Them Down.Jakob Escapes Into The Endless Pines, Running Until HeS Exhausted. Some Time Later, He Chances Upon Other Survivors From The Train: His Sick And Aging Schoolmaster WhoS A Nazi Supporter At Heart And The Disagreeable Postmaster, A Man Jakob CanT Stand And DoesnT Trust. Always On The Lookout For Deserters, Partisans, And Russian Soldiers, The Three Make Their Way Across WarTorn Ukraine, Begging For Food And Shelter Where They Can.A Tragic Turn Of Events Forces Jakob To Journey On Alone. Ever Watchful, He Must Chance Crossing The Desolate Countryside Of Poland En Route To Berlin, The Only Place He Can Go  The Land Of His Forefathers, The Heart Of Germany, Which Is Being Bombed To Its Knees And Torn Apart From All Sides.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecw Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47957861925109,"sku":"DADAX1770418504","price":36.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/81pn5VF7CXL.jpg?v=1775558865","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/rust-and-bone-a-novel","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}