{"product_id":"delphi-paperback","title":"Delphi - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClare Pollard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2022 * \"Clever and surprising.\" --\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e * \"Brilliantly funny.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e * \"Ingenious.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e * \"Powerful.\" --\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA captivating debut novel about a classics professor immersed in research for a new book on a prophecy in the ancient world who confronts chilling questions about her own life just as the pandemic descends--for readers of Jenny Offill, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Sally Rooney. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCovid-19 has arrived in London, and the entire world quickly succumbs to the surreal, chaotic mundanity of screens, isolation, and the disasters big and small that have plagued recent history. As our unnamed narrator--a classics professor immersed in her studies of ancient prophecies--navigates the tightening grip of lockdown, a marriage in crisis, and a ten-year-old son who seems increasingly unreachable, she becomes obsessed with predicting the future. Shifting her focus from chiromancy (prophecy by palm reading) to zoomancy (prophecy by animal behavior) to oenomancy (prophecy by wine), she fails to notice the future creeping into the heart of her very own home, and when she finally does, the threat has already breached the gates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrainy and ominous, imaginative and funny, \u003ci\u003eDelphi\u003c\/i\u003e is a snapshot and a time capsule--it vividly captures our current moment and places our reality in the context of myth. Clare Pollard has delivered one of our first great pandemic novels, a mesmerizing and richly layered story about how we keep on living in a world that is ever-more uncertain and absurd.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eClare Pollard is an award-winning poet and playwright based in London. She is the author of five poetry collections and the former editor of the \u003ci\u003eModern Poetry in Translation \u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHer acclaimed first novel, \u003ci\u003e Delphi\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2022. \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Fairies\u003c\/i\u003e is her second novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.38 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53464476287283,"sku":"9781982197902","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/DiPNg8Ziwn9781982197902.webp?v=1781483048","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/delphi-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}