{"product_id":"9781068751585","title":"Tetra Nova","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Sophia Terazawa\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eOf specific Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian interest | Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) | Vietnam War fiction | Horror \u0026amp; ghost stories | Historical fiction | Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 17\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e November 2025 by The 87 Press in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 380 pages \u003cbr\u003e234mm x 151mm x 35mm | 470g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTetra Nova is an operatic, polyphonic novel. At its heart lies the question of postcolonial burdens of identity, exile, narration, and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn late-twentieth century Saigon, Lua Mater – a performance artist – meets Emi Terazawa, a child visiting her mother’s country for the first time since the end of the war. The sudden arrival of a tiny Panda prompts fate to intervene, taking Lua and Emi on a dreamlike and investigative journey into history, language, legacy and resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarting between the temples of Nagasaki, the mountains of Tucson, and an island refugee camp off the coast of Malaysia, Lua and Emi become one narrator, blending their voices into a performance of intergenerational stories that reach their crescendo with a song for humanity beyond trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56496172040567,"sku":"9781068751585","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781068751585.jpg?v=1767975127","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781068751585","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}