{"product_id":"9781803514925","title":"Absence","description":"\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BETTY TRASK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\n\nA child is beguiled by a poem read to him by his mother. The poem follows this elusive narrator like a whisper throughout his life, echoing across the years in the stories and lives of others as they are recounted to him: an enigmatic and beloved schoolteacher who leaves behind a dark secret after his death; a woman who lays the table for a son she knows will never return home; a young man shunned by his family, who finds solace and freedom in the letters from an estranged aunt; a black-and-white photograph that tells of another family, afflicted with generations of tragedy.\n \nWith fierce imagination, Issa Quincy has constructed a transcendent portrait of humanity, deftly illuminating a symphony of memories, murmurs and phantoms that add up to an ordinary human life.","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57623227105653,"sku":"9781803514925","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781803514925.jpg?v=1791019711","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781803514925","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}