{"title":"Jonathan Weiss","description":"Jonathan Weiss is Professor of French Language and Literature at Colby College. In 1996, he met Irène Némirovsky's two daughters. With their help, he was able to consult all the documents that their mother had passed on to them. This biography is the result of that research and of close textual analysis of Némirovsky's literary work.","products":[{"product_id":"corrupted-flux-book-three-of-the-flux-catastrophe-paperback","title":"Corrupted Flux: Book Three of The Flux Catastrophe - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMolten flux now taints every corner of the Droughtlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's taken on strange and bizarre forms, going beyond the silver liquid it was once known for. It infests towns and factories, forcing droves of refugees to the walls of Breggesa, a city already under strain. 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