{"product_id":"ashland-vine-9780099554936","title":"Ashland  Vine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Burnside\u003c\/b\u003e was among the most acclaimed writers of his generation. His novels, short stories, poetry and memoirs won numerous awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial, Saltire Scottish Book of the Year and, in 2023, he received the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in literature. In 2011\u003ci\u003e Black Cat Bone\u003c\/i\u003e won both the Forward and the T.S. Eliot Prizes for poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean to live with integrity in the United States of America? That is the question haunting John Burnside’s new novel… The way that Burnside layers these stories is masterful, and becomes a meditation on storytelling itself. -- Duncan White * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA book of wintry landscapes, family secrets and alcoholism, but it's also a paean to the art of listening well that is especially welcome after the last 12 months of stridency…Burnside, who is also an accomplished poet, writes lyrical rose with virtuoso ease…\u003ci\u003eAshland \u0026amp; Vine\u003c\/i\u003e is built on the trust that evolves between talker and listener; the movement of a mind trapped in its own uncertainties and a series of tableaux which build to a strange and stirring kind of redemption. -- Marcel Theroux * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a novel that will no doubt be catching the eyes of judges of major prizes in 2017. * Big Issue, 2017 Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAshland and Vine\u003c\/i\u003e is a great book… It proceeds with such loping grandeur and is so tight-lipped about its themes that it takes a while for the realization to dawn that it is nothing short of an American epic. That, however, is what Burnside has written: a drifty, dreamy, dramatic epic. -- James Marriott * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAshland \u0026amp; Vine\u003c\/i\u003e proposes solace and joy in intergenerational friendship, and an optimism in what can be accomplished through talking and listening. -- Thomas Marks * Literary Review *","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017526870359,"sku":"9780099554936","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099554936.jpg?v=1750773835","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ashland-vine-9780099554936","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}