{"product_id":"9781782278993","title":"Mary : or, the Birth of Frankenstein","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Anne Eekhout\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26 September 2024 by PUSHKIN PRESS in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e200 x 130 x 20mm | 262g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e---Praise for \u003ci\u003eMary: or, the birth of Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e---\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'A bold new framing for questions about where we draw lines: between queerness and heterosexuality, the natural and the unnatural, and the imaginary and the real...' \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A touching and convincing portrait of Mary Shelley' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A novel that tiptoes and whispers, woos and caresses like the darkest of fairytales' Joanne Burn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hemlock Cure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BRAND NEW PAPERBACK EDITION OF THE BEGUILING GOTHIC NOVEL \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs darkness falls and storms rage over Lake Geneva, a group of friends gather in a candle-lit-villa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong them are eighteen-year-old Mary and her mercurial lover Percy Shelley. As laudanum stirs their feverish imaginations, their host Lord Byron challenges everyone to write a ghost story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly Mary is transported back to a long, strange summer in the wilds of Scotland, where she fell in love with the enigmatic Isabella Baxter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she remembers, something fierce and terrifying awakes within her. Now she will unleash it into the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anne Eekhout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57390920663365,"sku":"9781782278993","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781782278993.jpg?v=1773515494","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781782278993","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}