{"product_id":"blood-book","title":"Blood Book","description":"WINNER OF THE GERMAN BOOK PRIZE, THE SWISS BOOK PRIZE AND THE JÜRGEN PONTO LITERATURE PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Powerful'\u003cbr\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Formally adventurous'\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An exquisite inquiry into what it means to be an individual in a body, a family, a society, with all the attendant misery, humour, joy and enduring mystery'\u003cbr\u003eKrystelle Bamford, author of Idle Grounds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs their grandmother slides into dementia, an unnamed narrator begins to ask questions - to fill in the gaps, to resist the silence that shrouds their family. Childhood memories resurface, revealing a path into the past, winding back through generations. This matrilineal line leads toward nature, witchcraft, freedom. Could this be where they belong \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat follows is an astounding quest for liberation - from generational trauma, class identity, the limits of language. It's a search for other forms of knowledge and traditions, other ways of becoming. Bold and expansive, Blood Book is an unforgettable reckoning with the past, and a mesmerising exploration of who we are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Everything about it is fantastic'\u003cbr\u003eDie Welt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One can only marvel'\u003cbr\u003eDie Zeit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An important new voice for a new form of writing'\u003cbr\u003eTages-Anzeiger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in the US as Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":54021588255058,"sku":"9781399731423","price":24.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_55321fb7-6bea-44d8-9159-0999a09c6ed3.jpg?v=1784293740","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/blood-book","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}