{"product_id":"everest-3","title":"Everest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happens when you reach Everest''s peak? Is it everything you dreamed?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a magnetic follow-up \u003ci\u003eto Winter Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, Ashani Lewis'' debut collection takes a kaleidoscopic approach to desire - its obsessions, its grotesque demands and the distance it creates between us - and the strange things we stubbornly, hopefully, desperately expect from our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dying woman dedicates her life to Antarctic ice; an All-American star longs for a romance that defies convention - to the detriment of his carefully curated reputation; a woman seeking her exes'' opinions on a breast augmentation takes us on a whirlwind tour of the complicated, intertwined lives of urbanites; a singer prepares for her film debut, pushing her humanity to its limits at an unusual acting school; a newlywed couple put their marriage to the ultimate test: Everest. In these twenty-one striking stories, Lewis creates a stark world of fleeting infatuations, violent compulsions, unexpected solace and the sombre ghost of memories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for \u003c\/i\u003eWINTER ANIMALS\u003ci\u003e:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Thoughtful, intelligent and beautifully written . . . Lewis is definitely a new talent to watch'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A dreamlike, piercing examination of privilege, youth and freedom'' \u003cb\u003eCecile Pin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Lewis is superbly talented'' \u003cb\u003eKatherine Rundell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A remarkable novel: atmospheric as hell, beautiful and delightfully intelligent'' \u003cb\u003eJenny Mustard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A glittering, dark-edged tale . . . Exhilarating and fabulous, I raced through it'' \u003cb\u003ePriscilla Morris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A debut full of ideas. I have the sense that this is the first of many new worlds'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312548651390,"sku":"NW9780349703343","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349703343.jpg?v=1778515568","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/everest-3","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}