{"product_id":"9781642861013","title":"Planet of Clay","description":"Author: Samar Yazbek\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781642861013\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: World Editions\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 11 Jan 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRima, a young girl from Damascus, longs to walk, to be free to follow the will of her feet, but instead is perpetually constrained. Rima finds refuge in a fantasy world full of coloured crayons, secret planets, and \u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince,\u003c\/i\u003e reciting passages of the Qur'an like a mantra as everything and everyone around her is blown to bits. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince Rima hardly ever speaks, people think she's crazy, but she is no fool - the madness is in the battered city around her. One day while taking a bus through Damascus, a soldier opens fire and her mother is killed. Rima, wounded, is taken to a military hospital before her brother leads her to the besieged area of Ghouta -where, between bombings, she writes her story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePlanet of Clay\u003c\/i\u003e, Samar Yazbek offers a surreal depiction of the horrors taking place in Syria, in vivid and poetic language and with a sharp eye for detail and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Brave, rebellious and passionate ... Yazbek is no ordinary Syrian dissident.\u0026amp;#x27; - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;The Syrian writer Samar Yazbek evokes the horror of civil war with gripping lucidity.\u0026amp;#x27; -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46836309491870,"sku":"ADS-9781642861013","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781642861013.jpg?v=1778737649","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781642861013","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}