{"product_id":"9781915290168","title":"Water in the Desert Fire in the Night","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Gethan Dick\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 15\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e May 2025 by Tramp Press in Ireland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback |  \u003cbr\u003e215mm x 137mm x 26mm | 342g\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\/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\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the thing about the end of the world is that it happens all the time. Someone leaves and it's the end of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone comes back and it's the end of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomebody puts their cock in you and it's the end of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomebody stops putting their cock in you and it's the end of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is a novel about mothering, wolves, bicycles, midwifery, post-apocalyptic feminism, gold, hunger and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's about an underachieving millennial, a retired midwife and an Irishman who set out from London after the end of the world to cycle to a sanctuary in the southern Alps. It's about the porousness of the female bodily experience, the challenges of being an empiricist with a sample size of one, what's worth knowing, what's worth living, and the necessity of irrationality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's about the fact that the world ends all the time, and it's about what to try to do next.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55343289893239,"sku":"9781915290168","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781915290168.jpg?v=1750508804","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781915290168","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}