{"product_id":"the-young-die-old","title":"The Young Die Old","description":"\u003cp\u003eMysterious, unsettling, but darkly poetic, this magical realist novel echoes the timelessness of García Marquez and Faulkner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the mythic village of Phan, the novel follows a tangled web of characters haunted by buried secrets, ancestral curses, and an unnamed historical trauma. Two feuding families vie for control of a mysterious treasure said to lie beneath the land, while a former soldier wanders the village, driven by fractured memories, and unfulfilled desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike a fragmented but lyrical nightmare, Nguyễn Bình Phương evokes the disorientation of a society grappling with the aftershocks of war, repression, and silence. The title speaks to a generation whose youth was lost before it began—children who age prematurely under the weight of unspoken histories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asterism","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48651713446045,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/8783\/5037\/files\/theyoungdieold.png?v=1784404091","url":"https:\/\/postcardbookshop.com\/products\/the-young-die-old","provider":"Postcard Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}