{"product_id":"paul-harding-this-other-eden-2023-hardback","title":"Paul Harding: This Other Eden [2023] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Masterful . . . [\u003ci\u003eThis Other Eden\u003c\/i\u003e] has much to say to our times.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A testament of love . . . so real it could make you weep.' Danez Smith, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A luminous, thought-provoking novel.' Esi Edugyan, author of \u003ci\u003eWashington Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, \u003ci\u003eThis Other Eden\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Apple Island: an enclave off the coast of the United States where waves of castaways - in flight from society and its judgment - have landed and built a home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Honey- American, Bantu, Igbo- born enslaved- freed or fled at fifteen- aspiring orchardist, arrived on the island with his Irish wife, Patience, and discovered they could make a life together there. More than a century later, the Honeys' descendants remain, with an eccentric, diverse band of neighbours. Then comes the intrusion of 'civilization': officials determine to 'cleanse' the island, and a missionary schoolteacher selects one light-skinned boy to save. The rest will succumb to the authorities' institutions or cast themselves on the waters in a new Noah's Ark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of lyricism and power, Paul Harding's \u003ci\u003eThis Other Eden\u003c\/i\u003e explores the hopes and dreams and resilience of those seen not to fit a world brutally intolerant of difference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Harding invites comparisons with authors such as William Faulkner, Robinson and even Elizabeth Strout . . . \u003ci\u003eThis Other Eden\u003c\/i\u003e . . . begs to be widely read.' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harding, Paul","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46951693254995,"sku":"9781529152548","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/harding-paul-paul-harding-this-other-eden-2023-hardback-9781529152548-51799693754707.jpg?v=1691774791","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/paul-harding-this-other-eden-2023-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}