{"product_id":"planet-of-clay-by-samar-yazbek-9781642861013","title":"Planet of Clay","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRima, a young girl from Damascus, longs to walk, to be free to follow the will of her feet, but instead is perpetually constrained. Rima finds refuge in a fantasy world full of coloured crayons, secret planets, and \u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, reciting passages of the Qur'an like a mantra as everything and everyone around her is blown to bits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince Rima hardly ever speaks, people think she's crazy, but she is no fool - the madness is in the battered city around her. One day while taking a bus through Damascus, a soldier opens fire and her mother is killed. Rima, wounded, is taken to a military hospital before her brother leads her to the besieged area of Ghouta - where, between bombings, she writes her story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePlanet of Clay\u003c\/i\u003e, Samar Yazbek offers a surreal depiction of the horrors taking place in Syria, in vivid and poetic language and with a sharp eye for detail and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brave, rebellious and passionate ... Yazbek is no ordinary Syrian dissident.'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The Syrian writer Samar Yazbek evokes the horror of civil war with gripping lucidity.'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487453298924,"sku":"9781642861013","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/f41f9abfe6ea725584b8d65c524d418f.jpg?v=1775776598","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/planet-of-clay-by-samar-yazbek-9781642861013","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}