{"product_id":"salt-slow","title":"salt slow","description":"In her brilliantly inventive and haunting debut collection of stories, Julia Armfield explores the body, mapping the skin and bones of her characters through their experiences of isolation, obsession, love and revenge.\n\n''Wickedly clever prose and a sense of humour that seems to loom up like a character in itself'' – M John Harrison, Guardian\n\nTeenagers develop ungodly appetites, a city becomes insomniac overnight, and bodies are diligently picked apart to make up better ones. The mundane worlds of schools and sleepy sea-side towns are invaded and transformed, creating a landscape which is constantly shifting to hold on to its inhabitants.\n\nBlurring the mythic and the gothic with the everyday, Salt Slow considers characters in motion – turning away, turning back or simply turning into something new entirely.\n\nWinner of The White Review Short Story Prize, Armfield is a writer of sharp, lyrical prose and tilting dark humour.\n\n''Salt Slow is exemplary. A distinct new gothic, melancholy, powerful and poised.'' – China Miéville, author of The City \u0026amp; The City\n\n''The stories in this collection look at women’s bodies and their experiences in society with an eerie, otherworldly lense . . . For fans of Carmen Maria Machado, Sophie Mackintosh and Megan Hunter'' –Elle\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1529012597\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1529012597.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Armfield, Julia\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41448706146362,"sku":"DBV.1529012597.A","price":9.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1529012597-0.jpg?v=1780864740","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/salt-slow","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}