{"product_id":"landscapes-hardcover","title":"Landscapes - Hardcover","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\u003eChristine Lai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn entrancing and prismatic debut novel by Christine Lai, set in a near future fraught with ecological collapse, \u003ci\u003eLandscapes\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly explores memory, empathy, preservation, and art as an instrument for recollection and renewal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the English countryside--decimated by heat and drought--Penelope archives what remains of an estate's once notable collection. As she catalogues the library's contents, she keeps a diary of her final months in the dilapidated country house that has been her home for two decades and a refuge for those who have been displaced by disasters. Out of necessity, Penelope and her partner, Aidan, have sold the house and its scheduled demolition marks the pressing deadline for completing the archive. But with it also comes the impending return of Aidan's brother, Julian, at whose hands Penelope suffered during a brief but violent relationship twenty-two years before. As Julian's visit looms, Penelope finds herself unable to suppress the past, and she clings to art as a means of understanding, of survival, and of reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecalling the works of Rachel Cusk and Kazuo Ishiguro, \u003ci\u003eLandscapes\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegiac and spellbinding blend of narrative, essay, and diary that reinvents the country house novel for our age of catastrophe, and announces the arrival of an extraordinarily gifted new writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Lai\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and essayist based in Vancouver, Canada. She holds a PhD in English literature from University College London in the U.K. Her debut novel, Landscapes, was longlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize and a finalist for the Firecracker Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.8 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47255342776569,"sku":"9781953387387","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/os5GewQx9e9781953387387.webp?v=1768721341","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/landscapes-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}