{"product_id":"fourth-island-paperback","title":"Fourth Island - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Tolmie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDark, mournful, and beautiful, Sarah Tolmie's \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth Island\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving and unforgettable story of life and death on the hidden Irish island of Inis Caillte. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHuddled in the sea off the coast of Ireland is a fourth Aran Island, a secret island peopled by the lost, findable only in moments of despair. Whether drowned at sea, trampled by Cromwell's soldiers, or exiled for clinging to the dead, no outsiders reach the island without giving in to dark emotion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTime and again, \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth Island\u003c\/i\u003e weaves a hypnotic pattern with its prose, presaging doom before walking back through the sweet and sour moments of lives not yet lost. It beautifully melds the certainty of loss with the joys of living, drawing readers under like the tide.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSARAH TOLMIE is a poet, speculative fiction writer, and professor of English at the University of Waterloo. Her books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eTrio\u003c\/i\u003e in 2015 and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Dying\u003c\/i\u003e in 2018, both with McGill-Queen's University Press, were shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award and the Griffin Prize, respectively. Her fiction, published with Aqueduct Press, includes the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Little Animals\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and \u003ci\u003eThe Stone Boatmen\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) which was a finalist for the Crawford award, the dual novella collection \u003ci\u003eTwo Travelers\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), and the short fiction collection \u003ci\u003eNoFood\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). Her poem \"Ursula Le Guin in the Underworld\" won the 2019 Aurora Award and the 2019 Rhysling Award. Sarah Tolmie lives in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692819976255,"sku":"9781250769848","price":15.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4706b5d07d0b0e7ab52e367d1daf470b.webp?v=1764996736","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/fourth-island-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}