{"product_id":"the-wilderness-paperback","title":"The Wilderness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamantha Harvey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"stunning\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) debut novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOrbital, \u003c\/i\u003eabout a man who is losing his past to Alzheimer's--also a Booker Prize nominee and an Orange Prize finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Closer to Virginia Woolf's meditative novels than anything else I can think of. . . . This is . . . \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway \u003c\/i\u003eprose.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJake is in the tailspin of old age. His wife has passed away, his son is in prison, and, as Alzheimer's takes hold of him, his memories have become increasingly unreliable. What happened to his daughter? Is she alive, or long dead? Why is his son imprisoned? And why can't he shake the memory of a yellow dress and one lonely, echoing gunshot? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wilderness \u003c\/i\u003eholds us in its grip from the first sentence to the last with the sheer beauty of its language and its ruminations on love and loss.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSAMANTHA HARVEY was born in Kent, England, in 1975. She has an M.A. in philosophy and an M.A., with distinction, from the Bath Spa Creative Writing course in 2005. In addition to writing, she has traveled extensively and taught in Japan and lived in Ireland and New Zealand. She recently cofounded an environmental charity. She lives in Bath, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.98 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43778262728767,"sku":"9780307454775","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/samiestore.shop\/products\/the-wilderness-paperback","provider":"Samie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}