{"product_id":"absence-paperback-3","title":"Absence - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIssa Quincy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaunting and atmospheric, Issa Quincy's \u003ci\u003eAbsence\u003c\/i\u003e is an indelible nesting doll of human impression and memory.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a child, an unnamed narrator's mother reads to him a poem. Throughout his life, the poem reappears mysteriously, in the affecting life experiences of others as they are recounted to him. An eccentric and beloved schoolteacher leaves behind a dark secret after his death. An elderly woman returns to the same hotel on the Tunisian coast every year as an act of remembrance for a disappeared brother. The son of a wealthy Indian businessman, the pariah of his family, finds solidarity and the distant pang of freedom within the letters of an estranged Aunt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs we follow characters on their journeys of self-discovery through the jungle of Thailand, as a child in the British countryside, or as an aging doctor on the island of Cyprus, \u003ci\u003eAbsence \u003c\/i\u003eevocatively builds a compassionate symphony of nostalgia, attuned to the drama of everyday and the phantoms that linger with us. Issa Quincy has constructed a transcendent portrait of humanity, deftly illuminating those memories that forever bind us to one another.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIssa Quincy\u003c\/b\u003e is a British writer. He spent several years working as a film archivist. His poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe London Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and been anthologised by New Rivers Press. His fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTransition Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review. Absence \u003c\/i\u003eis his first novel. He is currently based in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.5 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265566621945,"sku":"9781953387998","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/1Jl-sLpkQq9781953387998_5bf80220-9fac-4588-b243-83bffe971dc8.webp?v=1768843552","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/absence-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}