{"product_id":"she-that-lay-silentlike-upon-our-shore-an-act-of-pure-imagination-anne-enright-9781399801577","title":"She That Lay Silent-Like Upon Our Shore: 'An act of pure imagination' ANNE ENRIGHT","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eA cunning fable about humanity's relationship with the natural world, crisis and religion from a daring new talent \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 22 June 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: John Murray Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eStory telling at its most primal . . . brutal, tender and wildly imaginative' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An act of pure imagination' ANNE ENRIGHT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Strange and darkly wondrous . . . like a wild and witty outtake from a folkloric \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e' PHILIP HOARE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA creature from another world had collided with ours - a reckonin she might properwise be knowt, a great reckonin had washed upon our shores, and I ran twort it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a remote island in the northern seas an unnamed boy is exiled from his community and cast into the Wastelands. In his struggle to survive he breaks away from the strictures of his upbringing and aligns himself with the beauty and brutality of the natural world. The Leviathan, a colossal beast that strands itself upon the shore, is the embodiment of everything the boy has yearned for and he vows to protect it with his life. The community's religious leader, the Prelate, proclaims the creature to be the devil incarnate, triggering a physical and philosophical battle that will propel life on the island towards a bloody and inevitable end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTold in a remarkable narrative voice, \u003ci\u003eShe That Lay Silent-like Upon Our Shore\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful fable about loyalty, isolation and humanity's complex relationship with nature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 242g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 135 x 216 x 20 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781399801577\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brendan Casey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44296997208314,"sku":"9781399801577","price":10.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1687522771521_book.jpg?v=1687630103","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/she-that-lay-silentlike-upon-our-shore-an-act-of-pure-imagination-anne-enright-9781399801577","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}