{"product_id":"9781784878030-the-wall","title":"The Wall","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe strange and suspenseful dystopian classic about an ordinary woman whose weekend away in the Austrian mountains takes an inexplicable and sinister turn - and becomes a fight for survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**FOR FANS OF I W\u003ci\u003eHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN**\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman takes a holiday in the Austrian mountains, spending a few days with her cousin and his wife in their hunting lodge. When the couple fails to return from a walk, the woman sets off to look for them. But her journey reaches a sinister and inexplicable dead end. She discovers only a transparent wall behind which there seems to be no life. Trapped alone behind the mysterious wall she begins the arduous work of survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is at once a simple account of potatoes and beans, of hoping for a calf, of counting matches, of forgetting the taste of sugar and the use of one's name, and simultaneously a disturbing dissection of the place of human beings in the natural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most beautiful and most harrowing books I’ve ever read, as well as one of the best' Susan Choi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Every joint and sinew of the story is restless with a sense of threat' \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant in its sustainment of dread, in its peeling away of old layers of reality to expose a raw way of seeing and feeling.' Nicole Krauss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRANSLATED BY SHAUN WHITESIDE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVINTAGE EARTH is a collection of novels to transform our relationship with the natural world. Each one is a work of creative activism, a blast of fresh air, a seed from which change can grow. The books in this series reconnect us to the planet we inhabit - and must protect. Discover great writing on the most urgent story of our times.\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":56594336383350,"sku":"9781784878030","price":8.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32347495.jpg?v=1762276226","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781784878030-the-wall","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}