{"product_id":"9781068710360-godless-cosmologies","title":"Godless Cosmologies","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Gothic Fantasy of Madness, Wonder, and the Worlds Between\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a gothic, literary fantasy which follows an asylumpatient facing one of life's greatest paradoxes, that to heal one's mindthrough love, one may have to lose one's mind first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures inWonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003ePiranesi\u003c\/i\u003e - a spellbinding gothic fantasy about a boy lostbetween two worlds, and the dangerous woman who holds the map toboth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen young Pear is admitted to Kopolka'smental asylum on the very day his mother dies, he expects grief. What he doesnot expect is Mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnigmatic, brilliant, and terrifyingly persuasive,Mystery is a fellow patient with a gift for philosophy and a hunger for power.Before Pear understands what has happened, he is bound to her service - taskedwith tormenting a school bully, salvaging a shipwreck for a seaside shelter,and navigating the labyrinthine rules of a world that makes no sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut there is another world. In the depths of sleep,Pear descends into the Water - a luminous, underwater realm where he becomes awhale, befriended by the wise and erudite Mr Octaveley, an octopus philosopherwith a talent for comfort. Down here, nothing is frightening. Down here,everything makes sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two worlds cannot coexist forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Mystery's delusions grow darker and her demandson Pear more dangerous, the line between reality and fantasy begins to shake.Pear must decide: surrender to the beautiful madness around him, or find thecourage to fight his way back to himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGodless Cosmologies\u003c\/i\u003e is ahaunting, beautifully written debut - lush with dark humour, classical prose,and a cast of unforgettable characters. It is a novel about grief, imagination,and what it costs a quiet soul to survive in a world that refuses to staystill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers wholove:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGothic and literary fantasy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMental asylum settings with dark humour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnreliable narrators and dreamlikefiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichly drawn, eccentric supportingcasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassic-feeling prose with a modernsensibility\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Haunting and spellbinding. a mustread for anyone looking for a slightly darker, but no less magical, take onclassic tales like Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -Verified Reader\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The prose is absolutely stunning andreads like a classic. Godless Cosmologies had it all!\"\u003c\/i\u003e -Verified Reader\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57495644799350,"sku":"9781068710360","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40461066_3fb837e0-1c07-41c7-b845-198bd8b1518d.jpg?v=1774444512","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781068710360-godless-cosmologies","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}