{"product_id":"parasol-against-the-axe-2024-9780571366637","title":"Parasol Against the Axe (2024)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new novel from the Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author Helen Oyeyemi.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOyeyemi treats you to a kaleidoscopic weekend in Prague, as dazzling as it is effortlessly unique. Get lost in the story like you would an unfamiliar city and let it reward you with moments of philosophical clarity, wheelbarrow rides, raw emotion and raw onions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis novel is a holiday, an adventure, a marvel and a guide. It is a story about the lies behind the lies we tell and a city as a living thing, sustained by the lives of its inhabitants. Suffused with warmth and joy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eParasol Against the Axe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a love letter to Prague, and to the art of storytelling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e=========================\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Oyeyemi's imagination is impressive and vast.' Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A writer of sentences so elegant that they gleam.' Ali Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A writer we should be delirious to have as a contemporary.' Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e========================\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHelen Oyeyemi is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Icarus Girl, The Opposite House, White is for Witching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (which won the Somerset Maugham Award), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMr Fox, Boy, Snow, Bird, Gingerbread, What is Not Yours is Not Yours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeaces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize. In 2013, Helen was included in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003eDimensions (cm):\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e21.6 x 13.5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44646069731485,"sku":"9780571366637","price":94.5,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/9780571366637.jpg?v=1710898866","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/parasol-against-the-axe-2024-9780571366637","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}