{"product_id":"9781035085767-venus-vanishing","title":"Venus, Vanishing","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe world of 1930's Berlin becomes a lethal game of survival for two women consumed by desire and art, in a blisteringly passionate and defiant story of resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlisteringly passionate, \u003ci\u003eVenus, Vanishing\u003c\/i\u003e by Rebecca Birrell is a page-turning debut novel of desire, art, and the stories lost to the darkness of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gripping, gorgeously written . I couldn't put it down' - Joanna Quinn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Whalebone Theatre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eThis vivid novel of 1930s Berlin asks what it means to make art in an emergency' - Eleanor Catton, author of \u003ci\u003eBirnam Wood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBerlin, 1928. Hannah is new to the pleasures and freedoms of the city. She is a fledgling artist, a runaway, building a new life for herself in its galleries and clubs, and, at last, loving without boundaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut soon the party will be coming to an end. A consuming affair with her patron, Elke – the imperious wife of a powerful man – is reckless, yet life-changing, and it threatens to do more than ruin both of their reputations. Around them, people are disappearing. The shadows of something unspeakable are growing darker in the city. Hannah’s art could be the thing that secures her survival – or denies her any chance of escape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A radiant vision of art against evil . a bold, moving novel\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003e- Megan Hunter, author of \u003ci\u003eDays of Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wonderful. Alive with a deep, resonant tenderness' - Elizabeth O'Connor, author of \u003ci\u003eWhale Fall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Extraordinary. I didn't want it to end' - Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of \u003ci\u003eA Ghost in the Throat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56414834884982,"sku":"9781035085767","price":13.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41354012.jpg?v=1779310098","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035085767-venus-vanishing","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}