{"title":"Ashton Politanoff","description":"\u003cp\u003eAshton Politanoff crafts compelling \u003cem\u003ehistorical fiction\u003c\/em\u003e that breathes life into the past, weaving richly detailed settings with characters who linger long after the final page. Readers can expect immersive stories where history and humanity intersect, revealing moments of change and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for atmosphere and emotional depth, Politanoff's work, including titles like \u003cstrong\u003eYou'll Like it Here\u003c\/strong\u003e, invites reflection on personal and social histories, making the past vividly accessible and deeply affecting.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"youll-like-it-here-by-ashton-politanoff-9781628974034","title":"You'll Like it Here","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou'll Like it Here\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting bricolage, divided into three parts, that excavates the forgotten history of Redondo Beach in the early 1900s through old news clippings, advertisements, recipes, and other ephemera. These elements speak to the ills of male stoicism, industrialisation and capitalism, and environmental displacement. Ashton utilised digital archives from the \u003ci\u003eRedondo Reflex\u003c\/i\u003e and other city-adjacent newspapers as the basis for his surrealist account. He masterfully traces a larger shift away from coastal maritime repose in the wake of the Spanish Flu, the Great Depression, and World War II, through momentary fragments that feel as real and palpable as they do transient, mythological, and strangely reminiscent of current times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormally, \u003ci\u003eYou'll Like it Here\u003c\/i\u003e works in conversation with Michael Ondaatje's \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Works of Billy the Kid\u003c\/i\u003e, Maggie Nelson's \u003ci\u003eBluets\u003c\/i\u003e, Amina Cain's \u003ci\u003eIndelicacy\u003c\/i\u003e, and Kathryn Scanlan's \u003ci\u003eAug 9 Fog\u003c\/i\u003e. The novel also embraces a multi-register, journalistic storytelling that questions the tenuous line between objectivity and subjectivity in documenting the unreliability of history—both personal and collective. It brilliantly balances voids of loss, absence, and disappearance with moments of natural transcendence and miraculous phenomena.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47601464574188,"sku":"9781628974034","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/e70c343ecf075a66ccc194b7ab33b966.jpg?v=1778017365"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ashton-politanoff.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}