{"product_id":"9780571364152-passengers","title":"The Passengers","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShortlisted for The Rathbones Folio Prize 2023\u003cbr\u003eAn original and profound portrait of contemporary Britain told through the testimonies of its inhabitants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn original and profound portrait of contemporary Britain told through the testimonies of its inhabitants.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A spectacularly enjoyable and compelling reading experience . funny, moving, surprising and thought-provoking. It humanises literature in this toxic moment.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMAX PORTER\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eLanny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Seemingly simple yet so deeply profound, \u003ci\u003eThe Passengers\u003c\/i\u003e is an absorbing insight into the lives and minds of so-called ordinary people: their hopes and fears and idiosyncrasies at a specific moment in time.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCLIO BARNARD\u003c\/b\u003e, director of \u003ci\u003eAli \u0026amp; Ava\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Essex Serpent\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A nation's psyche comes to the surface. \u003ci\u003eThe Passengers\u003c\/i\u003e is not just an oral history of the contemporary moment but, drenched in mood and texture, renders the country itself as a sonic collage.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUKHDEV SANDHU, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween October 2018 and March 2021, Will Ashon collected voices - people talking about their lives, needs, dreams, loves, hopes and fears - all of them with some connection to the British Isles. He used a range of methods including letters sent to random addresses, hitchhiking, referrals from strangers and so on. He conducted the interviews in person, on the phone, over the internet or asked people to record themselves. Interview techniques ranged from asking people to tell him a secret to choosing an arbitrary question from a list.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe resulting testimonies tell the collective story of what it feels like to be alive in a particular time and place - here and now. \u003ci\u003eThe Passengers\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about how we give shape to our lives, find meaning in the chaos, acknowledge the fragility of our existence while alleviating this anxiety with moments of beauty, love, humour and solidarity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A magical mystery tour of Britain . extraordinary.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ashon's gloriously polyphonic book scales the heights. A deeply felt and humane portrait of where we are.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNIVEN GOVINDEN\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Film\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book couldn't have come into my life at a better time. It's a guiding mate. It enters like a cat through a window, ready to take your attention and show you what it needs to.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTICE CIN\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eKeeping the House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41270820995169,"sku":"9780571364152","price":7.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36415154_6ce9322d-bdd7-4fa0-bcad-a67ef46e853e.jpg?v=1759495494","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571364152-passengers","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}