{"product_id":"harding-paul-this-other-eden-9781529152548","title":"This Other Eden","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE'Masterful . . . [This Other Eden] has much to say to our times.' Guardian'A testament of love . . . so real it could make you weep.' Danez Smith, New York Times'A luminous, thought-provoking novel.' Esi Edugyan, author of Washington BlackSet at the beginning of the twentieth century and inspired by historical events, This Other Eden tells the story of Apple Island: an enclave off the coast of the United States where waves of castaways - in flight from society and its judgment - have landed and built a home. Benjamin Honey- American, Bantu, Igbo- born enslaved- freed or fled at fifteen- aspiring orchardist, arrived on the island with his Irish wife, Patience, and discovered they could make a life together there. More than a century later, the Honeys' descendants remain, with an eccentric, diverse band of neighbours. Then comes the intrusion of 'civilization': officials determine to 'cleanse' the island, and a missionary schoolteacher selects one light-skinned boy to save. The rest will succumb to the authorities' institutions or cast themselves on the waters in a new Noah's Ark. Full of lyricism and power, Paul Harding's This Other Eden explores the hopes and dreams and resilience of those seen not to fit a world brutally intolerant of difference. 'Harding invites comparisons with authors such as William Faulkner, Robinson and even Elizabeth Strout . . . This Other Eden . . . begs to be widely read.' Spectator","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53376496992598,"sku":"9781529152548-V","price":6.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53494930309462,"sku":"9781529152548-G","price":5.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Used - like new","offer_id":53494939779414,"sku":"9781529152548-N","price":6.69,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781529152548_1_40589f17-55a4-4f56-902d-4cb0122c90d8.jpg?v=1778107308","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/harding-paul-this-other-eden-9781529152548","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}