{"product_id":"9781472152862-johannesburg","title":"Johannesburg","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet during a single day in Johannesburg - the day of Nelson Mandela's death - Melrose's second novel is \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehymn to an extraordinary city and its people, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ean ambitious \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehomage to Virginia Woolf's \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand a devastating personal and political manifesto on love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 December 2013.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is a searing hot day in Johannesburg. Gin has returned to the city of her birth to throw a party for her mother's eightieth birthday. She is determined, with lists and meals and flower arrangements, to show that she has become a fully capable woman. She knows, deep down, her mother will only ever see a lost cause.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile outside, crowds of citizens and the world's media have gathered to hear the expected announcement: Nelson Mandela has died. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Set across the course of a single momentous day and narrated by a chorus of voices, Fiona Melrose's second novel is a hymn to an extraordinary city and its people, an ambitious homage to Virginia Woolf's \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e, and a devastating personal and political manifesto on mothers and daughters, justice and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautifully observed' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Woolf produced blooms that are impossible to emulate. \u003ci\u003eJohannesburg\u003c\/i\u003e provides evidence of a novelist who can grow inimitable flowers herself' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\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":56451490480502,"sku":"9781472152862","price":4.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35672159.jpg?v=1760462734","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472152862-johannesburg","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}