{"product_id":"the-given-world-9781529154894","title":"The Given World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A state-of-the-countryside novel ... rich in detail but vast in scope' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A stunning tale of rural life ... Harrison earns a nod to George Eliot' \u003c\/b\u003eALEXANDRA HARRIS, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eExtraordinary ... Harrison is a nonpareil describer of the natural world' \u003c\/b\u003eINDIA KNIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderful ... an \u003ci\u003eUnder Milk Wood \u003c\/i\u003efor the twenty-first century' \u003c\/b\u003eAMY LIPTROT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Extraordinary ... The best serious fiction I've read this year' \u003c\/b\u003eFRANCIS SPUFFORD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE SUMMER 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eApril brings spring surging with it, giving rise, among many in the village, to a comforting illusion that all is somehow still right with the world, and that nothing will ever change.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the ancient Welm Valley, something is shifting: the river is behaving oddly, while the arrival of spring, with its familiar rhythms, is shadowed by an undercurrent of unease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman falls while out walking and hopes to be found before nightfall; a doctor realises, too late, that he has long underestimated his wife; across the village, people are plagued by the same vast and unsettling dream. And alone in a converted priory, overlooking watermeadows unchanged for centuries, Clare Grey receives news which will force her to reconsider her family’s past and the fresh weight of her solitary existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAttuned, loving and thoughtful ... I loved its warmth and intricacy' \u003c\/b\u003eSARAH MOSS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Nobody does nature better than Melissa Harrison' \u003c\/b\u003eTRISTAN GOOLEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Reminds us with every luminous sentence about the fragile grace of ordinary lives' \u003c\/b\u003eEVIE WYLD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melissa Harrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56452681892182,"sku":"9781529154894","price":22.39,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/3206\/6390\/files\/9781529154894.jpg?v=1793655812","url":"https:\/\/www.bookshop.lt\/products\/the-given-world-9781529154894","provider":"Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}