{"product_id":"alice-in-winterland-9780995563599","title":"Alice in Winterland","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in Whitley Bay, \u003cb\u003eJulie Egdell \u003c\/b\u003enever realised how much she had in common with Lewis Carroll's Alice. But when she went to work in St Petersburg she discovered that she was the spitting image of the Russian version of Alice  not Tenniel's blonde school-girl, but the dark haired Alisa' of Soviet illustrated children's stories, sarcastic and cruel and very Russian. A new city, a new language and a new identity. What could possibly go wrong?\u003ci\u003e Alice in Winterland \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a strange and subversive wonderland, of a worm who thinks he is a caterpillar and the Baba Yaga who became a witch. It's a book about life in post-Soviet Russia, mad hatters, temptations and tears. It is a story of exile, heartbreak, loneliness and longing, about falling down a cultural and linguistic rabbit hole.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smokestack Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406624956759,"sku":"9780995563599","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780995563599.jpg?v=1730496541","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/alice-in-winterland-9780995563599","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}