{"product_id":"the-roving-shadows-by-pascal-quignard-9781803093659","title":"The Roving Shadows","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bold and adventurous work of literature that explores the relationship between reading, writing, sex, and death.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first book in Pascal Quignard's Last Kingdom series, \u003cem\u003eThe Roving Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e can be read as a long meditation on reading and writing that strives to situate these otherwise innocuous activities in a profound relationship to sex and death. Writing and reading can, in fact, be linked to our animal natures and artistic strivings, to primal forces and culturally persistent fascinations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith dexterity and inventiveness, Quignard weaves together historical anecdotes, folktales from the East and West, fragments of myth, and speculative historical reconstructions. The whole, written in a musical style not far removed from that of Couperin, whose piano composition \u003cem\u003eLes Ombres errantes\u003c\/em\u003e lends the book its title, coheres into a work of literature that reverberates in the psyche long after one has laid it down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Roving Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e is a rare and wondrous tour de force that cements Quignard's reputation in contemporary world literature. Available now in English, this boldly adventurous work will find a new and welcoming audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464625963244,"sku":"9781803093659","price":35.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781803093659-the-roving-shadows.jpg?v=1775050189","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-roving-shadows-by-pascal-quignard-9781803093659","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}