{"product_id":"delphi-9780241558539","title":"Delphi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIn the novel Delphi, a woman in 2020 is writing a book about prophecy in the ancient world while navigating lockdown, a marriage in crisis, and a ten-year-old son who seems unreachable. She becomes fixated on divination and prediction, but fails to notice the future creeping into her own home. The book is a snapshot and a time capsule, capturing our pasts, presents, and how we keep on going in a world that is uncertain and absurd. It is both truthful and enjoyable to read, and has been praised for its bold, brave, and uncompromising approach. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 28 July 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInviting, stylish, and candid ... Pollard's future, as a novelist, is very bright indeed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe i newspaper's Sarah Moss hailed it as \"clever, warm, and funny.\" The Guardian described it as \"this isn't the first - and most certainly won't be the last - pandemic novel, but it might be the most brilliant.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a time more turbulent than any of us could have ever imagined, a woman is attempting to write a book about prophecy in the ancient world. Navigating the tightening grip of lockdown, a marriage in crisis, and a ten-year-old son who seems increasingly unreachable, she becomes fixated on our many forms of divination and prediction: on oracles, tarot cards, and tea leaves, and the questions we have always asked as we scroll and click and rage against our fates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in doing so, she fails to notice the future creeping into the heart of her own home. For despite our best intentions - our sacrifices and our bargains with the gods - time, certainty, and, sometimes, those we love, can still slip away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeartbreakingly relatable and achingly funny, Delphi is both a snapshot and a time capsule, deftly capturing our pasts, our presents, and how we keep on going in a world that is ever more uncertain and absurd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelphi is a compact miracle of a book. Evie Wyld, author of The Bass Rock, praised it as \"bold, brave, and uncompromising,\" stating that Pollard has found a way to write about the last couple of years that is both truthful and enjoyable to read, which she didn't think was possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCathy Rentzenbrink, author of Everyone is Still Alive, described it as \"dark and dangerous, disturbed and disturbing in equal measure - I loved it.\" Anna Hope, author of Expectation, said, \"Dark and dangerous, disturbed and disturbing in equal measure - I loved it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 282g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 137 x 206 x 22 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780241558539\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clare Pollard","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44100886069498,"sku":"9780241558539","price":9.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1659102288324_book.jpg?v=1659345152","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/delphi-9780241558539","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}