{"product_id":"9781526659835","title":"Hard by a Great Forest","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Vardiashvili, Leo \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 January 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129 | 0g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* AN OBSERVER BEST NEW NOVELIST FOR 2024 ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2024 *‘A spellbinding achievement’ FINANCIAL TIMES‘Poignant and often painfully comic’ OBSERVER‘I gasped, laughed, and wept my way through it’ KHALED HOSSEINISaba’s father is missing, and the trail leads back to Tbilisi, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving in a city he has not seen for more than two decades, where escaped zoo animals prowl the streets and the voices of those left behind beckon him along a path of cryptic clues, Saba embarks on a quest that will lead him into the heart of a lost homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a rare, searching tale of home, memory and sacrifice – of one family’s mission to rescue one another, and put the past to rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Hugely impressive’ NEW EUROPEAN‘Novels like this might help light the way’ GUARDIAN'At once a puzzle hunt and an affecting meditation on exile' ECONOMIST\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46380728975619,"sku":"9781526659835","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781526659835_768039c7-62f3-4977-913c-d1cc92a2fb32.jpg?v=1741603669","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781526659835","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}