{"title":"Maria Sonia Cristoff","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaria Sonia Cristoff's works invite readers on reflective journeys through landscapes both external and internal. Her writing often explores the subtle tensions between stillness and upheaval, blending memoir with travelogue to reveal the complexities of human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for detail and a poetic sensibility, Cristoff's narratives delve into themes of solitude, displacement, and the search for meaning in unfamiliar places. Her books offer a contemplative escape for those drawn to thoughtful adventures beyond the conventional travel story.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"false-calm-by-maria-sonia-cristoff-9781917092258","title":"False Calm","description":"\u003ci\u003eWith time I have reached the conclusion that, as it is in my personal history, isolation is present in everything I have ever read about Patagonia . . . I returned to write an account of this eminently Patagonian characteristic. I wanted to see the shapes it takes today; I wanted to locate it at its furthest extremes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart reportage, part personal essay, part travelogue, False Calm finds Argentinian author María Sonia Cristoff writing against romantic portrayals of Patagonia as she journeys from one small town to the next. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCristoff returns home to chronicle the ghost towns left behind by the oil boom. She explores Patagonia's complicated legacy through the lost stories of its people and the desolate places they inhabit. In one town, a man struggles to maintain one of just two remaining stores because buses refuse to stop as scheduled; in another, the television in each household plays the same channel; elsewhere, she speaks with an amateur pilot who assembles model aeroplanes to keep himself company. Everywhere, Cristoff blends superstition, myth and firsthand accounts to conjure the reality of a Patagonia that unveils a startlingly lucid netherworld. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A bold, beautiful book.' \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'An artful, atmospheric, thought-provoking depiction of life between silence and open space.' \u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Unique, imaginative and unnerving.' \u003cb\u003eKirkus\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932157559020,"sku":"9781917092258","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781917092258-false-calm.jpg?v=1783855309"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/maria-sonia-cristoff.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}