{"product_id":"9780143770626","title":"Decline and Fall on Savage Street","description":"Author: Farrell, Fiona\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143770626\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE NZ\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 31 Jul 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fictional companion to \u003ci\u003eThe Villa at the Edge of the Empire\u003c\/i\u003e and winner of the 2017 NZ Heritage Novel Award.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating prize-winning novel about a\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e house with a fanciful little turret, built by a river.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnfolding within its rooms are lives of event and emotional upheaval. A lot happens. And the tumultuous events of the twentieth century also leave their mark, from war to economic collapse, the deaths of presidents and princesses to new waves of music, art, architecture and political ideas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, a few metres away in the river, another creature follows a different, slower rhythm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd beneath them all, the planet moves to its own immense geological time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith insight, wide-ranging knowledge and humour, this novel explores the same territory as its non-fiction twin, \u003ci\u003eThe Villa at the Edge of the Empire\u003c\/i\u003e. Writing in a city devastated by major earthquakes, Fiona Farrell rebuilds a brilliant, compelling and imaginative structure from bits and pieces salvaged from one hundred years of history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lot has happened. This is how it might have felt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's a work of incredible research and incredible scope and incredible feeling . . . it's really wonderful. It think we will look back at these two books  \u003ci\u003eDecline and Fall on Savage Street \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Villa at the Edge of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e  and think of them as being very important in our local literary history as marking time and place and moment and feeling; it's a wonderful piece of art.' - Louise O'Brien, Radio NZ\u003cbr\u003e'It's so vast, it shouldn't work; but it does. Primarily this is because, rather than anchoring her text to dry, historical minutiae, Farrell chooses to ground it to people, particularly family. So, as well as the impressive detail made especially graceful thanks to the author's poetic skill, the narrative follows one house settled upon the titular street and its inhabitants, particularly one family, extended and diverse. As such, chapter by chapter are, like a relay team, an exercise in passing the chronological story along. . . . Wide-ranging yet intimate, poetic yet simple, of the singular home yet speaking to the complexities of city and nation, \u003ci\u003eDecline and Fall on Savage Street\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable read.' - Siobhan Harvey, \u003ci\u003eWaikato Times\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48303205875870,"sku":"UBD-9780143770626","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143770626.jpg?v=1789889730","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143770626","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}