{"product_id":"9780349010564-crimson","title":"Crimson","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'One of the Top Ten Nordic fiction books' - Sjon, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e; 'A work of a striking modern sensibility' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Effortlessly cool, funny yet sad, breezy but thoughtful - this is an edgy and unputdownable work of modern literature'\u003c\/b\u003e Sharlene Teo, author of \u003ci\u003ePonti \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eCrimson \u003c\/i\u003eis written with immense courage - there's no faking the feeling of honesty on each page. It is a brave novel reminiscent of Irvine Welsh's \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003eLaline Paull, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe island has run out of oxygen. The island is swollen. The island is rotten. The island has taken my beloved from me. The island is a Greenlander. It's the fault of the Greenlander. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Nuuk, Greenland .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFia breaks up with her long-term boyfriend and falls for Sara.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSara is in love with Ivik who holds a deep secret and is about to break promises.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIvik struggles with gender dysphoria as their friends become addicted to social media, listen to American pop music and get blind drunk in downtown bars and uptown house parties. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen there is Inuk, who also has something to hide - it will take him beyond his limits to madness, and question what it means to be a Greenlander, while Arnaq, the party queen, pulls the strings of manipulation, bringing a web of relationships to a shocking crescendo. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrimson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e weaves through restlessness, depression, love and queer experiences to tell the story of \u003c\/i\u003eGreenlanders through a unique and challenging form. The original text was written and published in the Greenlandic language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31644221800545,"sku":"9780349010564","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28732283.jpg?v=1723206844","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349010564-crimson","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}