{"product_id":"zoli-by-colum-mccann-9781037204227","title":"Zoli","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A great book and a marvellously crafted story’ Roddy Doyle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eZoli Novotna is a poet by accident as much as desire. As Fascism spreads over Czechoslovakia, she and her grandfather flee an unspeakable loss to join a clan of fellow Romani harpists. As Zoli shapes the ancient songs to her times, she finds her gift embraced – by her own people and, for the first time, by the world outside their circle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Zoli has become an instrument herself – wielded by the hands of the powerful. And her greatness in her art will see her severed and exiled from the people and tradition she loves, setting her on a path she must tread alone…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A hymn to specificity, a clamour against homogenisation … With each voice McCann performs an astonishing feat’ Richard Eyre, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A writer of large and driving vision … \u003cem\u003eZoli\u003c\/em\u003e contains passages of stunning lyricism and sharp ironic force’ \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Poetic and beautifully observed’ \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47933422665964,"sku":"9781037204227","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781037204227-zoli.jpg?v=1783870091","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/zoli-by-colum-mccann-9781037204227","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}