{"product_id":"9780241665572","title":"Gliff","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor(s): Smith, Ali \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 31\/10\/2024,\u003cbr\u003ePagination: 240 pages,\u003cbr\u003eISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241665572,\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eO brave new world, that has such people in't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint encircling the outside of their house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean? It’s a truism of our time that it’ll be the next generation who’ll sort out our increasingly toxic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat would that actually be like?In a state turned hostile, a world of insiders and outsiders, what things of the past can sustain them and what shape can resistance take?And what’s a horse got to do with any of this?Gliff is a novel about how we make meaning and how we are made meaningless. With a nod to the traditions of dystopian fiction, a glance at the Kafkaesque, and a new take on the notion of classic, it's a moving and electrifying read, a vital and prescient tale of the versatility and variety deep-rooted in language, in nature and in human nature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43704893014060,"sku":"9780241665572","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780241665572.jpg?v=1722932483","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780241665572","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}