{"product_id":"incarnations","title":"Incarnations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMesmerizing, fantastical tale of a Beijing taxi driver whose past incarnations over a thousand years haunt him through searing letters sent by a mysterious soulmate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors'' Choice and Notable Book of the Year.\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Reads as China''s \u003ci\u003eMidnight''s Children\u003c\/i\u003e. Utterly remarkable'' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eA kaleidoscopically imaginative novel'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Multi-layered and masterful'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI dream of us across the centuries ...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeijing\u003c\/b\u003e, 2008, the Olympics are coming, but as taxi driver Wang circles the city''s congested streets, he feels barely alive. His daily grind is suddenly interrupted when he finds a letter in the sunshade of his cab. He is being warned: Someone is watching him. Someone who claims to be his soulmate and to have known him for over a thousand years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther letters follow, taking Wang back in time: to a spirit-bride in the Tang Dynasty; to young slaves during the Mongol invasion; to concubines plotting to kill the emperor; to a kidnapping in the Opium War; and to Red Guards during the Cultural revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd with each letter, Wang feels the watcher in the shadows growing closer ...\u003cbr\u003e__________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR SUSAN BARKER\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[A] kaleidoscopically imaginative novel...Barker stitches together an unnervingly perceptive portrait of China and of the enduring influence that its past has on the present'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NEW YORKER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A thrilling journey through a thousand years of obsession and betrayal, this is the most extraordinary work of imagination you''ll read all year''\u003cb\u003e ADAM JOHNSON, Winner of the PULITZER Prize for Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Erudite, intriguing and compulsively readable, Susan Barker, a born story-teller, has written one of the most remarkable novels of recent years'' \u003cb\u003eJOHN BOYNE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A brilliant, mind-expanding, and wildly original novel'' \u003cb\u003eCHRIS CLEAVE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A hallucinatory ride. Highly recommend''\u003cb\u003e ANNA HOPE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316697637246,"sku":"NW9781784160005","price":11.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781784160005.jpg?v=1778701641","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/incarnations","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}