{"product_id":"war-and-turpentine","title":"War and Turpentine","description":"\u003cb\u003eShortly before his death in 1981, Stefan Hertmans' grandfather gave him a couple of filled exercise books. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStories he'd  heard as a child had led Hertmans to suspect that their contents might  be disturbing, and for years he didn't dare to open them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When he finally did, he discovered unexpected secrets. His  grandfather's life was marked by years of childhood poverty in  late-nineteenth-century Belgium, by horrific experiences on the frontlines during the First World War and by the loss of the young love  of his life. He sublimated his grief in the silence of painting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on these diary entries, his childhood memories and the  stories told within Urbain's paintings, Hertmans has produced a poetic  novelisation of his grandfather's story, brought to life with great  imaginative power and vivid detail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWar and Turpentine\u003c\/i\u003e is an enthralling search for a life that coincided with the tragedy of a century-and a posthumous, almost mythical attempt to give that life a voice at last.","brand":"Stefan Hertmans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516765077565,"sku":null,"price":28.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781925240207.jpg?v=1787572462","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/war-and-turpentine","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}