{"product_id":"palace-of-the-peacock-faber-editions-magnificent-tsitsi-dangarembga","title":"Palace of the Peacock (Faber Editions): 'Magnificent' - Tsitsi Dangarembga","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harris, Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e Main\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 08-02-2022\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e The visionary masterpiece, tracing a riverboat crew's dreamlike jungle voyage ...\u003cbr\u003e\n'My new all time favourite book ... A magnificent, breathtaking and terrifying novel.' Tsitsi Dangarembga\u003cbr\u003e\n'An exhilarating experience ... Makes visions real and reality visions ... Genius.' Jamaica Kincaid\u003cbr\u003e\n'A masterpiece: I love this book for its language, adventure and wisdoms.' Monique Roffey\u003cbr\u003e\n'Revel in the inviolate, ever-deepening mystery of Wilson Harris's work.' Jeet Thayil\u003cbr\u003e\n'The Guyanese William Blake . Such poetic intensity.' Angela Carter\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nI dreamt I awoke with one dead seeing eye and one living closed eye ...\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA crew of men are embarking on a voyage up a turbulent river through the rainforests of Guyana. Their domineering leader, Donne, is the spirit of a conquistador, obsessed with hunting for a mysterious woman and exploiting indigenous people as plantation labour. But their expedition is plagued by tragedies, haunted by drowned ghosts: spectres of the crew themselves, inhabiting a blurred shadowland between life and death. As their journey into the interior - their own hearts of darkness - deepens, it assumes a spiritual dimension, guiding them towards a new destination: the Palace of the Peacock ...\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA modernist fever dream; prose poem; modern myth; elegy to victims of colonial conquest: Wilson Harris' masterpiece has defied definition for over sixty years, and is reissued for a new generation of readers.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'One of the great originals ... Visionary ... Dazzlingly illuminating.' Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\n'Amazing ... Masterly ... Near-miraculous.' Observer\u003cbr\u003e\n'Staggering ... Both brilliant and terrifying.' The Times\u003cbr\u003e\n'The most inimitable [writer] produced in the English-speaking Caribbean.' Fred D'Aguiar\u003cbr\u003e\n'Extraordinary ... Courageous and visionary ... It speaks to us in tongues.' Pauline Melville\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571368044\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50253035012400,"sku":"Trans_9780571368044","price":750.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/81LoWXCMtcS.jpg?v=1761643675","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/palace-of-the-peacock-faber-editions-magnificent-tsitsi-dangarembga","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}