Parasol Against the Axe
BOOK DETAILS
Price: $32.99
Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9780571366620
Published: February 2024
This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.
**AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW**'A writer of sentences so elegant that they gleam.' ALI SMITH'A writer we should be delirious to have as a contemporary.'INDEPENDENTThe new novel from the Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author Helen Oyeyemi.Oyeyemi treats you to a kaleidoscopic weekend in Prague, as dazzling as it is effortlessly unique. Get lost in the story like you would an unfamiliar city and let it reward you with moments of philosophical clarity, wheelbarrow rides, raw emotion and raw onions.This novel is a holiday, an adventure, a marvel and a guide. It is a story about the lies behind the lies we tell and a city as a living thing, sustained by the lives of its inhabitants. Suffused with warmth and joy, Parasol Against the Axe is a love letter to Prague, and to the art of storytelling.
Book details and technical specifications
Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9780571366620
Published: February 2024
Number of pages: 272
Width: 144 mm
Height: 225 mm
Depth: 25 mm
Publisher: Faber & Faber