{"product_id":"pierre-and-jean","title":"Pierre e Jean","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when one brother’s good fortune makes the other question everything his family holds together?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a fishing trip off Le Havre, the Roland family seems at ease. Then news arrives: their longtime friend Léon Maréchal has died, leaving his fortune to Jean alone. For Pierre, a doctor whose practice struggles, his younger brother’s inheritance sharpens an old sense that life always favours Jean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Jean looks toward marriage with Madame Rosémilly, Pierre begins to study familiar faces and habits for evidence. Their mother, Louise, longs for peace but fears what his questions might uncover. In Pierre and Jean, Guy de Maupassant follows jealousy into an ordinary home, where love and trust begin to give way to doubt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrothers pulled apart\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Pierre and Jean as unequal fortunes put their affection under painful pressure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA mother’s anxious silence\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet Louise, whose wish for household peace meets her fear of a searching question.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuspicion taking root\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch Pierre search familiar faces and old habits for signs he can no longer ignore.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLife beside the port\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter middle-class Le Havre, from a family fishing trip to the tensions within its home.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe art of fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore Maupassant’s prefatory essay alongside a story shaped by close attention to ordinary lives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy family tension, minds under pressure, and a short, polished French novel with a slow, inward pace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and join the Rolands on the water, before a single piece of news changes their peace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534742061404,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/06986_en_ebook-front_c20.jpg?v=1792175161","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/it\/products\/pierre-e-jean","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}