{"product_id":"days-by-moonlight-paperback","title":"Days by Moonlight - 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\u003eAndré Alexis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e: a road trip through the countryside - and the psyche - by the author of \u003ci\u003eFifteen Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBotanist Alfred Homer, ever hopeful and constantly surprised, is invited on a road trip by his parents' friend, Professor Morgan Bruno, who wants company as he tries to unearth the story of the mysterious poet John Skennen. But this is no ordinary road trip. Alfred and the Professor encounter towns where Black residents speak only in sign language and towns that hold Indigenous Parades; it is a land of house burnings, werewolves, and witches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplete with Alfred's drawings of plants both real and implausible, \u003ci\u003eDays by Moonlight\u003c\/i\u003e is a Dantesque journey taken during the \"hour of the wolf,\" that time of day when the sun is setting and the traveller can't tell the difference between dog and wolf. And it asks that perpetual question: how do we know the things we know are real, and what is real anyway?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A mash-up that is part fabulism, part faux biography, and part satire, Days by Moonlight conveys the experience of grief, managing to transform its inarticulable and symbolic weight into a finely wrought literary work.\" --\u003ci\u003eQuill and Quire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndré Alexis was born in Trinidad and grew up in Canada. In 2017, he was awarded the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize for fiction. His novel, \u003ci\u003eFifteen Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eChildhood\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Trillium Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Keys\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePastoral\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize), \u003ci\u003eAsylum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeauty and Sadness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIngrid \u0026amp; the Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDespair and Other Stories of Ottawa\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLambton, Kent and Other Vistas: A Play\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247238955257,"sku":"9781552453797","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eXdHUHFSNWZDd1VWa1pTUERqemltZz09.webp?v=1768621246","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/days-by-moonlight-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}