{"product_id":"absence-issa-quincy","title":"Absence - Issa Quincy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"section-left block-1\" data-v-7d498d3a=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-7d498d3a=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spacer-buy-area\" data-v-7d498d3a=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"downloadImage\" data-v-7d498d3a=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.paperplus.co.nz\/search?q=9781803512266\u0026amp;u=t%3Dbook\" data-v-7d498d3a=\"\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eA stunning, atmospheric debut novel about memory, death and the many ghosts that inhabit the present moment.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"downloadImage\" data-v-7d498d3a=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-right block-2\" data-v-7d498d3a=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-7d498d3a=\"\"\u003eA child is beguiled by a poem read to him by his mother. The poem follows this elusive narrator like a whisper throughout his life, echoing across the years in the stories and lives of others as they are recounted to him: an enigmatic and beloved schoolteacher who leaves behind a dark secret after his death; a woman who lays the table for a son she knows will never return home; a young man shunned by his family, who finds solace and freedom in the letters from an estranged aunt; a black-and-white photograph that tells of another family, afflicted with generations of tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith fierce imagination, Issa Quincy has constructed a transcendent portrait of humanity, deftly illuminating a symphony of memories, murmurs and phantoms that add up to an ordinary human life.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54928918380835,"sku":null,"price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0746\/1394\/8707\/files\/9781803512266.jpg?v=1776918391","url":"https:\/\/nzshred.co.nz\/products\/absence-issa-quincy","provider":"NZ Shred","version":"1.0","type":"link"}