{"product_id":"flesh-and-bone-and-water-9780241978146","title":"Flesh and Bone and Water","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrazilian-born doctor André Cabral is living in London when one day he receives a letter from his home country, which he left nearly thirty years ago. A letter he keeps in his pocket for weeks, but tells no one about. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe letter prompts André to remember the days of his youth - torrid afternoons on Ipanema beach with his listless teenage friends, parties in elegant Rio apartments, his after-school job at his father''s plastic surgery practice - and, above all, his secret infatuation with the daughter of his family''s maid, the intoxicating Luana. Unable to resist the pull of the letter, André embarks on a journey back to Brazil to rediscover his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn arresting debut about memory and trauma\u003c\/b\u003e. In this respect and others, \u003cb\u003eit resembles Julian Barnes's  Man Booker-winner, \u003ci\u003eThe Sense of an Ending\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Sauma, whose style manages to be both spare and rich, is clear-eyed about the social and racial divides in Rio * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuiza Sauma's debut novel is that rare thing: a completely absorbing, brilliantly-designed, literary work. \u003c\/b\u003eHer ability to cut across time and continents and to inhabit the physical and inner life of both a young Brazilian and that same man in middle-age is as dazzling as the novel's plot. The reveal, when it comes, is astonishing-sensuous, shocking, and completely earned. -- Anita Shreve, New York Times bestselling author of The Pilot’s Wife\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer writing is beautiful.\u003c\/b\u003e I am sure I'll see her name on the spine of many a novel to come -- Rachel Seiffert, author of the Booker-shortlisted 'The Dark Room'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSauma's writing is sensual and evocative. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlesh and Bone and Water\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful depiction of sexual attraction and long lost loves; a haunting weave of Rio, the Amazon and present-day London -- Ardashir Vakil, award-winning author of 'Beach Boy'\u003cbr\u003eLuiza Sauma's first novel, \u003ci\u003eFlesh and Bone and Water\u003c\/i\u003e, is \u003cb\u003elush and evocative\u003c\/b\u003e.  The secret at the center came as a shocking surprise, and the characters were as haunted as I was.  Sip a caipirinha and enjoy -- Lisa See\u003cbr\u003eI devoured this stunning debut by Luiza Sauma. An immersive, heartbreaking coming of age story. \u003cb\u003eBeg, borrow or steal a copy\u003c\/b\u003e -- Susie Steiner, author of 'Missing, Presumed'\u003cbr\u003eTeenage love is well documented, but Sauma finds some interesting things to say about it in her debut novel... Sauma convincingly evokes the cacophony of Rio. \u003cb\u003eMoving... it offers an indelible glimpses into Brazil's stratified society\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eA vivid debut novel * Radio Times *\u003cbr\u003eSauma's excellent prose is thoroughly consuming, bouncing between continents and eras to create a complicated tale of class, ancestry, and love in which happy endings are difficult to find but hope remains. * Publisher's Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eA sensuous, achingly poignant and beautifully observed exploration of both adolescence and a midlife crisis. -- Yvette Huddleston * Yorkshire Post *\u003cbr\u003e[A] quiet, inwardly focused, fast-moving, and well-plotted debut...Brazilian-born Sauma depicts her and her protagonist's vast, beguiling homeland with sweltering realism. * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003eSauma's excellent prose is thoroughly consuming, bouncing between continents and eras to create a complicated tale of class, ancestry, and love in which happy endings are difficult to find but hope remains. * Publisher's Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eBrazil is marvellously conjured: full of hot, smoky sunrises and manioc pancakes, chilled coconut milk and \"the salty violence of Ipanema\" * New Yorker *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742172217687,"sku":"9780241978146","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/flesh-and-bone-and-water-9780241978146","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}