{"product_id":"2026200009170-secondhand-the-sovereigns","title":"The Sovereigns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bold work of postwar French fiction, The Sovereigns by Roger Vailland presents a sharply observed portrait of power, desire, and moral ambiguity in mid-twentieth-century Europe. Vailland, a Goncourt Prize-winning novelist and committed intellectual, crafts a narrative charged with political tension and psychological acuity, examining the lives of individuals who seek dominion over their own destinies. Written with the cool, detached precision characteristic of Vailland's style, the novel dissects bourgeois ambition and the seductive pull of sovereignty — both personal and political. Translated for an English-speaking audience and published in the iconic Penguin paperback format, this edition made Vailland's provocative vision accessible to a wider readership hungry for serious continental literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48893810507995,"sku":"2026200009170-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/fbc9b022-2113-468c-b758-7c1e866088b7.png?v=1782040518","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009170-secondhand-the-sovereigns","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}