{"product_id":"the-glass-mountain-by-malcolm-gaskill-9781802062014","title":"The Glass Mountain","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ruin of All Witches\u003c\/em\u003e returns with a gripping, vividly told journey into his family's wartime past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Gaskill knew two things about his great-uncle Ralph's wartime adventures: he'd been a prisoner in Italy, and he'd cut his way out of a train with a knife and fork. Apart from that, he'd faded into family folklore, lost to view. Until, one hot afternoon in an English country garden, a chance conversation set Gaskill on his uncle's trail...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat Ralph really did in the war was, he discovers, even more extraordinary than the exaggerations of family myth. From last-ditch fighting in the Libyan desert and incarceration in a Puglian prisoner-of-war camp, to desperate, dramatic escapes and the assuming of an entirely new identity among the peasants and partisans of the Italian Alps, Gaskill traces a life transformed by conflict, while lifting the curtain on a long-forgotten episode of the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet \u003cem\u003eThe Glass Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e is about more than war; it's a haunting exploration of what it means to encounter the past, and how we remember, forget, and recover it. As he follows his uncle's path through dusty archives and the landscapes, towns, and villages of present-day Italy, Gaskill finds himself confronted by questions that go to the heart of how we think about the people who came before us: Why do stories matter? How much of the past can ever be true?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47582732615916,"sku":"9781802062014","price":32.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781802062014-the-glass-mountain.jpg?v=1777438367","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-glass-mountain-by-malcolm-gaskill-9781802062014","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}