{"product_id":"the-new-animals-paperback-2","title":"The New Animals - 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\u003ePip Adam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 Acorn Prize, New Zealand's highest fiction award, Pip Adam's\u003ci\u003e The New Animals \u003c\/i\u003eis a work of artistic ambition and political urgency.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the Auckland fashion scene in 2016, \u003ci\u003eThe New Animals\u003c\/i\u003e moves over the course of one night through the hopes, misapprehensions, resentments, and regrets of a small group of fashion-industry workers, divided by generation and class. The young and rich act like nothing can touch them; the tired Gen-Xers feel forever adrift. On this particularly stressful night, hairdressers, patternmakers, stylists, and a makeup artist are tasked with preparing for a last-minute photoshoot without clothes or clear directions. Caught up in the small dramas of their lives, while around them the world is fast becoming uninhabitable, the group toils against the impossible pressure until one of them decides to break away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like a twisted contemporary heir to Virginia Woolf's \u003ci\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Animals\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant and unforgettable dive beneath the surface of life, uncovering the common ground of humanity, as well as the common plight.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePip Adam\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three novels: \u003ci\u003eNothing to See\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), \u003ci\u003eThe New Animals\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), which won the Acorn Foundation Prize for Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eI'm Working on a Building\u003c\/i\u003e (2013); and the short story collection \u003ci\u003eEverything We Hoped For\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), which won the NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction in 2011. Adam makes the \u003ci\u003eBetter Off Read\u003c\/i\u003e podcast and lives in Wellington, New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 6.8 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47255152394489,"sku":"9781948980173","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TSeAvzLvO99781948980173_9032c2b8-d766-4fd3-9bc0-04d4c526fae1.webp?v=1768717742","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-new-animals-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}