{"product_id":"9780994395849","title":"The Salamanders","description":"Author: William Lane\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780994395849\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Transit Lounge\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Aug 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is the shape-shifting detail of life, the tiny horrible and beautiful things we don't notice\u0026amp;nbsp;until fever or trauma stop us in our tracks; Lane has pulled them from the depths of our\u0026amp;nbsp;psyche and written them into a story of family that shifts and tilts the world we know.\u0026amp;nbsp;Dreamlike, nightmarish, unforgettable.' - Jane Rawson, author of A Wrong Turn at the Office\u0026amp;nbsp;of Unmade Lists and Formaldehyde\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart, \u003ci\u003eThe Salamanders\u003c\/i\u003e is a love story. Arthur lives in a hut by the Hawkesbury River,\u0026amp;nbsp;the detritus of suburban life gradually encroaching. When Rosie, the adopted daughter of his\u0026amp;nbsp;fathers' second wife returns from England to visit. their time together raises childhood\u0026amp;nbsp;memories of their father Peregrine, a famous and controversial artist, and what happened at a\u0026amp;nbsp;holiday by the ocean years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosie, Arthur and Peregrine are characters the reader will find it hard to let go of and this is\u0026amp;nbsp;also a subtle, affecting novel of ideas.\u0026amp;nbsp;With poetic, hallucinatory power, Lane explores how art can become life, how we as adults\u0026amp;nbsp;cannot truly escape the past and the influence of our parents, and how we might embrace the\u0026amp;nbsp;intensity and beauty of the moment as we journey towards reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Lane on his new book \u003ci\u003eThe Salamanders \u003c\/i\u003eand the strangeness of life. Read the\u0026amp;nbsp;recent article in \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theherald.com.au\/story\/4698942\/how-jim-morrison-inspires-a-hunter-author-to-embrace-the-strange\/\"\u003eThe Newcastle Herald\u003c\/a\u003e\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46819966451870,"sku":"ADS-9780994395849","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780994395849.jpg?v=1778467149","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780994395849","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}