{"product_id":"9781399608183","title":"Strangers at the Port","description":"Author: Lauren Aimee Curtis\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399608183\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Apr 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Enchanting and haunting'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRACHEL RODDY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A fable for our times'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'This novel amazed me. It is the work of a true original'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLUCIE ELVEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A seaside Gothic tale teeming with superstition and mistrust' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eREADINGS MONTHLY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGiulia is ten. She lives on the greenest island in a volcanic archipelago. She has never left. Her best friend, apart from her older sister Giovanna, is a donkey. Giulia and Giovanna's days on the island are shaped by ritual, community, superstition and isolation.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil the men arrive. And a foreign yacht anchors at the port. And the vines begin to fail. And everything changes.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eDolores\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrangers at the Port\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisite, enchanted novel about myth and memory, suspicion and dislocation, emigrants and explorers.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46449870307486,"sku":"ADS-9781399608183","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399608183.jpg?v=1769572416","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399608183","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}