{"product_id":"9780349015637","title":"Woman, Eating","description":"Author: Claire Kohda\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349015637\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 11 Apr 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026lt;H3\u0026gt;A Best Book of the Year in \u003ci\u003eHARPER'S BAZAAR\u003c\/i\u003e, BBC, \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGLAMOUR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGAL-DEM \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHUFFPOST\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026lt;\/H3\u0026gt;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Witty and thought-provoking' \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Blistering' \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unusual, original and strikingly contemporary' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Absolutely brilliant' Ruth Ozeki\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gripping contemporary fable about embracing difference' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wholly 21st century take on bloodsucking' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLydia is hungry. She's always wanted to try sashimi and ramen, onigiri and udon - the food her Japanese father liked to eat - but the only thing she can digest is blood. Yet Lydia can't bring herself to prey on humans, and sourcing fresh pigs' blood in London - where she is living away from her Malaysian-British mother for the first time and trying to build a career as an artist - is much more difficult than she'd anticipated.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf Lydia is to find a way to exist in the world, she must reconcile the conflicts within her - between her demon and human sides, her mixed ethnic heritage and her relationship with food, and, in turn, humans. Before any of this, however, she must eat.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It's Kohda's exploration of Lydia's inner world, the pain and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003elonging she feels as an outsider, that makes \u003ci\u003eWoman, Eating \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003esuch a delicious novel' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A profound meditation on alienation and appetite, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewhat it means to be a young woman who experiences life at \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ean acute level of intensity and awareness' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLISA HARDING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'What Stoker did for the vampire at the end of the nineteenth \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ecentury, Claire Kohda does for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efor it in our own era' \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46491595604126,"sku":"ADS-9780349015637","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349015637.jpg?v=1770594672","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349015637","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}