{"product_id":"the-end-of-romance-9781925355093","title":"The End of Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003eA captivating dystopian masterpiece. For fans of Charlotte Wood and Cormac McCarthy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the future, and the earth has seemingly refused to cooperate with humanity, producing only thorn-bearing plants and caustic fogs in abundance. Life is hard for those who still inhabit urban communities. For those who have chosen to live ‘off-grid’ it is subsistence at best, but at least there is some kind of independence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA woman and her son live alone, surviving as scavengers. Even so, the boy must attend military school like all the other boys. In time he will be shipped off with the rest of them to a distant planet – the Promised Land – to fight the colonising war that is touted as humanity’s only hope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy chance, the woman meets a young man who has avoided this fate, despite his lack of physical impairment. It appears that he comes from a place of sanctuary. Can he lead her back there – and help her to save her son?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn taut, evocative prose, Maria Takolander has conjured an eerie and compelling story of desolation and hope that resonates in the imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781925355093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Text Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Melbourne, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.3(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria Takolander\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning Finnish-Australian fiction writer and poet. She is the inaugural winner of the \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Elizabeth Jolley short-story prize, and her debut collection of short fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Double\u003c\/i\u003e (Text 2013), was a finalist for the Melbourne Prize for Literature’s ‘Best New Writing Award’. Maria is also the author of four books of poetry, the most recent of which, \u003ci\u003eTrigger Warning\u003c\/i\u003e (UQP 2021), won a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and was shortlisted for an Association for the Study of Australian Literature Gold Medal. As a public artist, her words can be found at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Melbourne and on bronze plaques in Geelong, where she lives with her husband and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Announces the arrival of a considerable talent.'\u003c\/p\u003e * Australian on The Double *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Takolander's stories are beautifully melancholy, full of arresting, dream-like sequences and imagery that stay with one long after the final page is turned.'\u003c\/p\u003e * Arts Hub on The Double *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Double\u003c\/i\u003e is a compulsively readable book, and Takolander's prose is fluid and engaging.'\u003c\/p\u003e * Blurb Magazine on The Double *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eThe Double\u003c\/i\u003e can be brutal yet remain achingly moving and painfully poignant; there are some outstanding, even breathtaking sentences and scenes in this book.’\u003c\/p\u003e * Sydney Morning Herald on The Double *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the best contemporary short story collections I’ve read, Takolander’s fictions are intellectual, dark, strange and often dystopian.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Literary Minded on The Double\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Takolander’s angle is the familiar made strange, and her work has a wry quality that echoes early Atwood’s fierce genius...[Her] craft and skill is stunning.'\u003c\/p\u003e * Overland on The Double *","brand":"Maria Takolander","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48926786846937,"sku":"9781925355093","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781925355093.jpg?v=1783736191","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/the-end-of-romance-9781925355093","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}