{"product_id":"9781805680390","title":"The Thread (by Christophe Bourdin)","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristophe Bourdin was certain he would be the author of a single book. Diagnosed HIV-positive at the height of the epidemic in Paris, he began writing the exquisitely beautiful, painfully intense pages that would become The Thread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt begins with the hypochondriac days: days of obsessive hygiene, of microscopic attention to contamination, of seeing dangers everywhere. In serpentine sentences that capture the frenzied paranoia of the time, Bourdin recreates the consciousness of a young gay man whose world has suddenly become charged with threat. With his illness becoming manifest, the man writes a diary to record the passing of his final days. Beginning with searing intensity, the entries gradually become mixed with currents of fantasy and visions of an alternative future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1994, The Thread is appearing in English for the first time in a stunning translation by the prize-winning Jeffrey Zuckerman. Lucid and moving, it is an essential lost classic of AIDS literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67895532454115,"sku":"9781805680390","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9781805680390.jpg?v=1793637102","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.live\/products\/9781805680390","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}