{"product_id":"continent-stories","title":"Continent: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eJim Crace’s imaginative first book, seven linked stories, now available in a deluxe paperback edition in Ecco’s The Art of the Story Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Makes us see our own world more clearly . . . brilliant, provocative and delightful” --the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Crace’s internationally acclaimed first book explores the tribes and communities, conflicts and superstitions, flora and fauna of a wholly spellbinding place: an imaginary seventh continent. In these seven tales Crace travels a strange and wonderful landscape: “Talking Skull” takes the reader to a tiny agricultural village renowned for the sexually-charged, mystical milk of its calves; “Electricity” introduces a remote flatland region where a monumental ceiling fan changes an entire town’s attitude toward modernization. From the acacia scrub of the flatlands to a city bazaar jammed with vegetable stalls, tourists, and beggars, Crace’s invented world is as fabulous as it is eerily familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jim Crace","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":55251272696099,"sku":"9780062662408","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780062662408.jpg?v=1781801992","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/continent-stories","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}