{"product_id":"helm-by-sarah-hall-9780571383580","title":"Helm","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Guardian, Observer, New Statesman, Financial Times, Independent, BBC and Daily Mail Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Vital, fierce and free.' Financial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Incandescently good.' Sarah Perry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Pulsing with life and lyricism.' Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Fiercely exuberant.' Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Delightfully playful.' Andrew Miller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A truly astonishing thing.' George Monbiot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Book of the Year in the \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBBC\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize * Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHelm\u003c\/em\u003e is a ferocious, mysterious wind, who has blasted the sublime landscape of the Eden Valley since the very dawn of time. This is Helm's life story, formed from the chronicles of those it has enchanted - from a Neolithic tribeswoman to a Dark Age wizard priest, a Victorian steam engineer to a devoted farmer's daughter. And then there is the scientist Dr Selima Sutar, surrounded by measuring instruments, alone in her observation hut today, who fears the end is nigh for this unique life force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A huge, millennia-spanning achievement.' Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Helm is a wonder... A big, celebratory book, in places delightfully playful, in others as tight and breathless as a thriller.'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'So brilliantly and beautifully written it will suck you in like a whirlpool. She writes about landscape and emotions like nobody else.'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I'm awed. I wouldn't think a novel could be at once so taut and so multifarious, expanding one's sense of what fiction can do.'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Moss\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67709008543980,"sku":"9780571383580","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571383580-helm-1.jpg?v=1791842031","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/helm-by-sarah-hall-9780571383580","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}