{"product_id":"9781509855339-ponti","title":"Ponti","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in Singapore, and spanning fifty years, \u003ci\u003ePonti\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping story of three women and the guilt that ties them to each other. For fans of Zadie Smith and Elena Ferrante.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Remarkable\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e – Ian McEwan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for Hearsts' Big Book Award 2018.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in 2003 in the sweltering heat of Singapore, Sharlene Teo's \u003ci\u003ePonti \u003c\/i\u003ebegins as sixteen-year-olds Szu and Circe develop an intense friendship. For Szu it offers an escape from Amisa, her beautiful, cruel mother – once an actress, and now the silent occupant of a rusty house. But for Circe, their friendship does the opposite, bringing her one step closer to the fascinating, unknowable Amisa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventeen years later, Circe finds herself adrift and alone. And then a project comes up at work, a remake of the cult seventies horror film series ‘Ponti’, the same series that defined Amisa’s short-lived film career. Suddenly Circe is knocked off balance: by memories of the two women she once knew, by guilt, and by a lost friendship that threatens her conscience .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Jhalak Prize 2019.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Edward Stanford Fiction, with a Sense of Place Award.\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":31617361215585,"sku":"9781509855339","price":8.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28276172.jpg?v=1760449580","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781509855339-ponti","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}