{"product_id":"april-2025-book-group-landscapes-by-christine-lai","title":"April 2025 Book Group - Landscapes  by Christine Lai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoin us for our Book Group on\u003cstrong\u003e Thursday 24th April 2025 at 6.30pm.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuy a copy of the book to reserve your slot. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eLandscapes\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eSet in a near-future fraught with ecological collapse,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eChristine Lai’s mesmerising and prismatic debut novel\u003cem\u003e Landscapes \u003c\/em\u003eis a brilliant exploration of memory, empathy, preservation, and art as an instrument for recollection and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eIn the English countryside—decimated by heat and drought—Penelope archives what remains of an estate’s once notable collection. As she catalogues the library’s contents, she keeps a diary of her final months in the dilapidated country house that has been her home for two decades and a refuge for those who have been displaced by disasters. Out of necessity, Penelope and her partner, Aidan, have sold the house and its scheduled demo­lition marks the pressing deadline for completing the archive. But with it also comes the impending return of Aidan’s brother, Julian, at whose hands Penelope suffered during a brief but violent relationship twenty-two years before. As Julian’s visit looms, Penelope finds herself unable to suppress the past, clinging to art as a means of understanding, of survival, and of reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eRecalling the works of Rachel Cusk and Kazuo Ishiguro,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLandscapes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis an elegiac and spellbinding blend of narrative, essay, and diary that reinvents the country-house novel for our age of catastrophe, announcing the arrival of an extraordi­narily gifted new writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Influx Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55159861543285,"sku":"9781914391521","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/LandscapesLai.jpg?v=1741885779","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.pro\/products\/april-2025-book-group-landscapes-by-christine-lai","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}