{"product_id":"9780575121706","title":"The Quiet Woman","description":"Author: Christopher Priest\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780575121706\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Feb 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE QUIET WOMAN stitches together a horrifyingly plausable near-future dystopian Britain and a typically Priestian account of an individual lost in the blurred boundaries between the real and the imagined. It is a novel that bears comparison with the work of Kazuo Ishiguro and A.S. Byatt as well as that of John Wyndham.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a country that has lost its way memories of past lives are distracting Alice Stockton. Living alone after the break up of her marriage she makes a precarious living as a biographer yet finds herself powerfully and inexplicably influenced by the lives of others.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA novel of uncertain personal histories and literary mystery set in a disturbingly real dystopian Britain, THE QUIET WOMAN is vintage Christopher Priest.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristopher Priest is a genre-leading author of SFF fiction. His novel, THE PRESTIGE, won a number of awards and was adapted into a critically acclaimed, Oscar-nominated film directed by Christopher Nolan (TENET, INCEPTION) starring Hugh Jackman (THE GREATEST SHOWMAN, X-MEN), Christian Bale (THE BIG SHORT, BATMAN BEGINS), Michael Caine (THE ITALIAN JOB) and Scarlett Johansson (MARRIAGE STORY, THE AVENGERS).","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47904424919198,"sku":"ING-9780575121706","price":35.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780575121706.jpg?v=1782452794","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780575121706","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}