{"product_id":"dark-neighbourhood-by-vanessa-onwuemezi-9781913097707","title":"Dark Neighbourhood","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the border with another world, a line of people wait for the gates to open; on the floor of a lonely room, a Born Winner runs through his life's achievements and losses; in a suburban garden, a man witnesses a murder that pushes him out into the community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStruggling to realise the human ideals of love and freedom, the characters of \u003ci\u003eDark Neighbourhood\u003c\/i\u003e roam instead the depths of alienation, loss, and shame. With a detached eye and hallucinatory vision, they observe the worlds around them as the line between dream and reality dissolves and they themselves begin to fragment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElectrifying and heady, and written with a masterful lyrical precision, \u003ci\u003eDark Neighbourhood\u003c\/i\u003e heralds the arrival of a strikingly original new voice in fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'She has a rightful place in the tradition of surrealist, nihilistic writers such as Julio Cortázar, Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo, and Samanta Schweblin ... there are stories here that give shape to incoherence with a precision and style that is dazzling.'\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536529998060,"sku":"9781913097707","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781913097707-dark-neighbourhood.jpg?v=1776382475","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/dark-neighbourhood-by-vanessa-onwuemezi-9781913097707","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}