{"product_id":"9780349014081","title":"Linda Grant - The Story of the Forest Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Linda Grant. Themes include Fiction, Historical, Family Life, Jewish, World Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted For The Orwell Prize For Political Fiction 2023\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Epic and marvellously entertaining... There's a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Magnificent... I want to press a copy on everyone I know'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nigella Lawson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Epic, magnificent, beautiful... I couldn't put it down'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Philippa Perry\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Jewel-like clarity... exceptional'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Richard Coles\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Exquisite writing [and] a triumphant, elegant ending'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMail On Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'An intelligent family saga... ambitious and moving and funny'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tessa Hadley\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It's 1913 and a young, carefree and recklessly innocent girl, Mina, goes out into the forest on the edge of the Baltic sea and meets a gang of rowdy young men with revolution on their minds. It sounds like a fairy tale but it's life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The adventure leads to flight, emigration and a new land, a new language and the pursuit of idealism or happiness - in Liverpool. But what of the stories from the old country; how do they shape and form the next generations who have heard the well-worn tales?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the flour mills of Latvia to Liverpool suburbia to post-war Soho, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e is about myths and memory and about how families adapt in order to survive. It is a story full of the humour and wisdom we have come to relish from this wonderful writer.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOrwell Prize for Political Fiction Award Ceremony - 22 June 2023\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58579975537014,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780349014081.jpg?v=1788192768","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780349014081","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}