{"product_id":"dogs-and-monsters","title":"Dogs and Monsters","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe myth of the Minotaur in his labyrinth is turned into a wrenching parable of maternal love – and of the monstrosities of patriarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lover of a goddess, Tithonus, is gifted eternal life but without eternal youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eActaeon, changed into a stag after glimpsing the naked Diana and torn to pieces by his hunting dogs, becomes a visceral metaphor about how humans use and misuse animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom genetic engineering to the eternal complications of family, Haddon showcases how we are subject to the same elemental forces that obsessed the Greeks, as he reimagines stories from Laika the Soviet space dog on her fateful orbit to St Anthony wrestling with loneliness in the desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.8 x 1.7 x 19.7 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chatto \u0026 Windus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46763867340957,"sku":"9781529929188","price":69.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/9781529929188_MPH.jpg?v=1750041145","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/dogs-and-monsters","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}