{"product_id":"eden-paperback-4","title":"Eden - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Crace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eHarvest \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eQuarantine\u003c\/i\u003e, a gorgeous, unforgettable retelling of the myth of Eden.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe inhabitants of Eden are untouched by death. In the garden they care for their orchards and the land, and give thanks for their good fortune, because they know that beyond the garden walls is a world where disease and hunger rampage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEden is overseen by angels--their bodies covered in blue iridescent feathers, their beaks sharp and curved. It is a pleasant place where no one wants for a thing. But, as this story begins, something is wrong in Eden. Because years after Adam and Eve left the garden, another inhabitant has escaped... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving together elements of the dystopian, but never letting go of the sense of the sacred that saturates western myths of a perfect world before the fall, \u003ci\u003eEden\u003c\/i\u003e manages to be both a critique of those stories and a sad reprise of their now-lost themes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Crace's wry, tender recreation, though, love does not bring the world crashing down. It is love that redeems it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJIM CRACE is the author of 15 books. \u003ci\u003eBeing Dead \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the 1999 Whitbread Fiction Prize and won the US National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 2000. In 1997, \u003ci\u003eQuarantine \u003c\/i\u003ewas named the Whitbread Novel of the Year and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Crace has also received the E. M. Forster Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. He lives in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696165195839,"sku":"9780735247987","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b8b1773460d2c3c16305fcc21c2df98f.webp?v=1765006414","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/eden-paperback-4","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}