{"product_id":"9781914391521-landscapes","title":"Landscapes","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecalling the works of Rachel Cusk and Kazuo Ishiguro, \u003ci\u003eLandscapes \u003c\/i\u003eis an elegiac and spellbinding blend of narrative, essay, and diary that reinvents the country-house novel for our age of catastrophe, announcing the arrival of an extraordinarily gifted new writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in a near-future fraught with ecological collapse, Christine Lai's mesmerising and prismatic debut novel \u003ci\u003eLandscapes \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant exploration of memory, empathy, preservation, and art as an instrument for recollection and renewal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the English countryside-decimated by heat and drought-Penelope archives what remains of an estate's once notable collection. As she catalogues the library's contents, she keeps a diary of her final months in the dilapidated country house that has been her home for two decades and a refuge for those who have been displaced by disasters. Out of necessity, Penelope and her partner, Aidan, have sold the house and its scheduled demolition marks the pressing deadline for completing the archive. But with it also comes the impending return of Aidan's brother, Julian, at whose hands Penelope suffered during a brief but violent relationship twenty-two years before. As Julian's visit looms, Penelope finds herself unable to suppress the past, clinging to art as a means of understanding, of survival, and of reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecalling the works of Rachel Cusk and Kazuo Ishiguro, \u003ci\u003eLandscapes \u003c\/i\u003eis an elegiac and spellbinding blend of narrative, essay, and diary that reinvents the country-house novel for our age of catastrophe, announcing the arrival of an extraordinarily gifted new writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55342825242998,"sku":"9781914391521","price":9.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_13517950_23317163_20250710091152.jpg?v=1752187402","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781914391521-landscapes","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}