{"product_id":"lets-go-home-son-9781912545346","title":"Let's Go Home, Son","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThis novel is about a man's struggle for dignity with only a short time left to live. It deals with loss, short-lived hope, and memory, with a child's voice asking questions and a mature voice making difficult decisions. The voices overlap in a rhythmical exchange of scenes and images from the past and present, creating an elegy in which love reverberates like the sound of cymbals. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 200 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 July 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Istros Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of a man's struggle for dignity, a man who has only a short time left to live. In the first months of lockdown, a mother and son struggle against bureaucracy to be able to visit the father in the hospital and fulfill his last wish to return to their Dalmatian terrace just as the cherries blossom and the swallows' nests are full of hatchlings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this novel, Prtenjaca deals with loss, short-lived hope, and memory, his voice is that of a child - one that asks questions - alongside that of a mature voice of a man who has to make difficult decisions. These voices overlap in a rhythmical exchange of scenes and images from the past and the present, comprising an elegy in which love reverberates like the sound of cymbals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSometimes they seem alone in this world, but they are not. They have each other, and they have their memories. And they have the hope that one day, they will be reunited with their father and their beloved Dalmatian terrace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 210g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 140 x 205 x 17 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781912545346\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ivica Prtenjaca","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44582533103866,"sku":"9781912545346","price":9.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1695394915809_book.jpg?v=1695405851","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/lets-go-home-son-9781912545346","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}