{"product_id":"9781760856847","title":"Fed to Red Birds","description":"Author: Rijn Collins \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781760856847 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Australia \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 9.213in x 6.024in \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescripition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrepare to be bewitched by Iceland and the book that has enchanted readers for decades \u003c\/b\u003e–\u003cb\u003e and imprisoned one of them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Indie Book Awards 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n Elva loves Iceland for many reasons – the epic landscape of gods and volcanoes, weather that’s the polar opposite of her home in Australia, and the fact that it’s where her mother might have gone back to when she disappeared. Iceland is where Elva’s beloved grandfather – the famous children’s book author – lives in a remote village and where the beings that haunt her imagination reside.\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n Elva is interested in the odd things people make – Victorian collectibles, old spells, taxidermy, fairy tales. The weird, the wonderful and the sometimes macabre. She’s got a few quirks of her own that she’s (mainly) keeping under control. Except one.\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n Working in a shop of curiosities, studying at an Icelandic language school, Elva begins to explore her obsessions, and when her grandfather suffers a stroke, they threaten to overtake her. Then she meets Remy, a painter who’s got some secrets of his own …\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n In her captivating debut, Rijn Collins has created a beautifully evocative portrait of an enchanted mind in an enchanting place – a story of everyday magic, both dark and light; of families and the shadows they can cast; of the delights and dangers of the imagination. \u003ci\u003eFed to Red Birds\u003c\/i\u003e will transport you to remote corners of both the world and the human heart.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n ‘Intensely evocative and beautiful.’ \u003cb\u003eHannah Kent, author of \u003ci\u003eBurial Rights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n 'Rijn Collins is a writer of great humanity and intelligence who has fashioned a vividly realised portrait of a young woman trying to make a life for herself in the shadow of familial trauma and dysfunction.' \u003cb\u003eSimon McDonald, \u003ci\u003eKill Your Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n ‘\u003ci\u003eFed to Red Birds\u003c\/i\u003e is dreamy and immersive … both travelogue and beautifully written literary fiction. It is for readers who loved the insightful prose and armchair travel of \u003ci\u003eCold Enough for Snow\u003c\/i\u003e by Jessica Au and the brooding, fairytale-esque feelings of \u003ci\u003eHydra\u003c\/i\u003e by Adriane Howell.’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n '[T]he sense of place in this novel is spellbinding – as is Collins’s prose in describing it.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n '[L]ost in this book, I have only put it down for long enough to write this column, and am already missing Iceland and Elva terribly ... I feel I am typing this with frost-bitten fingers while being watched by trolls.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Canberra Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003ci\u003e'Fed to Red Birds\u003c\/i\u003e is a quietly haunting novel that leads us to ponder our histories and genealogies, and how we hold onto the past through our obsessions and compulsions.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetter Reading\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45327712452766,"sku":"HPC-9781760856847","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781760856847.jpg?v=1744611143","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781760856847","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}