{"product_id":"passage-north","title":"Passage North","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eFrom a prize-winning Sri Lankan author, a story of age and youth, loss and survival that builds into a magisterial reckoning with mortality. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021'Mesmerizing, political, intimate, unafraid - this is a superb novel... that pays such close, intelligent attention to the world we all live in' Sunjeev Sahota, author of the Booker shortlisted The Year of the RunawaysIt begins with a message: a telephone call informing Krishan that his grandmother's former caregiver has died. As Krishan makes the long journey by train from the Sri Lankan capital into the war-torn Northern Province for the funeral, so he travels into the soul of a country devastated by civil war.A Passage North is a poignant memorial to the dead and an exploration of the unattainable distances between who we are and what we seek.'Its world is the deeply-layered, rich interior of its protagonist's mind but also contemporary Sri Lanka itself, war-scarred, traumatized ... [It] connects Arudpragasam to the great novelists of the past' Colm Tóibín, New York Times bestselling author of Brooklyn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 428g\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 145 x 223 x 33 (mm)\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781783786947\n                            \n                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anuk Arudpragasam","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44097457651962,"sku":"9781783786947","price":10.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/bd54aa92e3f05a7e4072fab1f29ec403.jpg?v=1633575933","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/passage-north","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}