{"product_id":"9780349703329","title":"Everest","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Lewis, Ashani \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 November 2024 by John Murray Press (Dialogue Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 160 pages\u003cbr\u003e144 x 224 x 24 | 348g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of diamond-sharp stories from an award-winning writer, for fans of Eliza Clark's She's Always Hungry and Carmen Maria Machado's Her Body and Other Parties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when you reach Everest's peak? Is it everything you dreamed?In a magnetic follow-up to Winter Animals, Ashani Lewis' debut collection takes a kaleidoscopic approach to desire - its obsessions, its grotesque demands and the distance it creates between us - and the strange things we stubbornly, hopefully, desperately expect from our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dying woman dedicates her life to Antarctic ice; an All-American star longs for a romance that defies convention - to the detriment of his carefully curated reputation; a woman seeking her exes' opinions on a breast augmentation takes us on a whirlwind tour of the complicated, intertwined lives of urbanites; a singer prepares for her film debut, pushing her humanity to its limits at an unusual acting school; a newlywed couple put their marriage to the ultimate test: Everest. In these twenty-one striking stories, Lewis creates a stark world of fleeting infatuations, violent compulsions, unexpected solace and the sombre ghost of memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for WINTER ANIMALS:'Thoughtful, intelligent and beautifully written . . . Lewis is definitely a new talent to watch' MARIE CLAIRE'A dreamlike, piercing examination of privilege, youth and freedom' Cecile Pin, author of WANDERING SOULS'Lewis is superbly talented' Katherine Rundell, author of SUPER-INFINITE and THE GOLDEN MOLE'A remarkable novel: atmospheric as hell, beautiful and delightfully intelligent . . . Think THE SECRET HISTORY written by Raven Leilani' Jenny Mustard, author of OKAY DAYS'Beautiful writing' FINANCIAL TIMES'A glittering, dark-edged tale . . . Exhilarating and fabulous, I raced through it' Priscilla Morris, author of BLACK BUTTERFLIES'Compelling' THE IRISH TIMES'A debut full of ideas. I have the sense that this is the first of many new worlds' TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55125331902840,"sku":"9780349703329","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9780349703329_cb18d398-b9ea-428e-a704-3480b236fb5f.jpg?v=1773925284","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.live\/products\/9780349703329","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}