{"product_id":"the-giraffes-neck-9781408837795","title":"The Giraffes Neck","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2015\u003c\/b\u003eAdaption is everything, something Frau Lohmark is well aware of as the biology teacher at the Charles Darwin High School in a country backwater of the former East Germany. A strict devotee of Darwin's evolution principle, Lohmark views education as survival of the fittest: classifying her pupils as biological specimens and scorning her colleagues for indulging in favourites'. However, as people move West in search of work and opportunities, the school's future is in jeopardy and the Lohmark is forced to face her most fundamental lesson: she must adapt or she cannot survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Remarkable” is too small a word. It is very funny, desperately sad and real, and ultimately, shocking * \u003cb\u003eEileen Battersby, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eAn unusual, distinctive novel that informs as well as entertains * \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndependent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful novel spotted with wondrous sketches * \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eA relentless and darkly humorous internal monologue that links ideas in evolutionary biology and genetics to socialist and capitalist notions of progress * \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eA subtle, understated book, tension, emotion and dark humour bubbling under the surface, with a melancholic air of retrospection * \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the agony, Mike Leigh-style, there’s deep, dark laughter here * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090878230871,"sku":"9781408837795","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408837795.jpg?v=1762273684","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-giraffes-neck-9781408837795","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}