{"product_id":"ash-before-oak-by-jeremy-cooper-9781910695890","title":"Ash before Oak","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsh before Oak\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel in the form of a fictional journal written by a solitary man on a secluded Somerset estate. Ostensibly a nature diary, chronicling the narrator's interest in the local flora and fauna and the passing of the seasons, \u003cem\u003eAsh before Oak\u003c\/em\u003e is also the story of a breakdown told slantwise, and of the narrator's subsequent recovery through his reengagement with the world around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in prose that is as precise as it is beautiful, winner of the 2018 Fitzcarraldo Editions Novel Prize, Jeremy Cooper's first novel in over a decade is a stunning investigation of the fragility, beauty and strangeness of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Very moving, beautiful and so thoughtful too - a wonderful evocation of animals and birds, sky and Somerset.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Kate Mosse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47703921688812,"sku":"9781910695890","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/ash-before-oak-by-jeremy-cooper-9781910695890","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}