{"product_id":"astonishing-the-gods-9781784082550","title":"Astonishing the Gods","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelected as one of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'.  \u003cb\u003eFrom Booker Prize winner Ben Okri, a deceptively simple modern fable with an ancient origin. \u003c\/b\u003e  A young man finds himself living among invisible beings who have built a utopia based on one principle: that we must repeat or suffer every experience until we experience it properly and fully for the first time.  '\u003cb\u003eA modern day classic\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e  '\u003cb\u003eBeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e. A new creation myth' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e  'Amazing. I think this is \u003cb\u003eas close as you can get to reliving the experience of a bedtime story\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA modern-day classic * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful. A new creation myth * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eAmazing. I think this is as close as you can get to reliving the experience of a bedtime story * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eGenuinely fresh insight... the invisibility theme is a good one, for the multiple associations it carries, especially for an African writer' * The Herald *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48868294328663,"sku":"9781784082550","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784082550.jpg?v=1722287336","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/astonishing-the-gods-9781784082550","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}